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| Abyssal || ah-bi-sul || Demons || A commanding language, excellent for intimidation. | | Abyssal || ah-bi-sul || Demons || A commanding language, excellent for intimidation. | ||
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| Ackakakl || ak-ah-kak-ul || Greater | | Ackakakl || ak-ah-kak-ul || Greater fire || Similar to Ignan, except the language carries the cadences of pure elemental fire. | ||
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| Aklo || ah-klo || Ancient Unterwelt || Far removed from the grammatic and linguistic structures of surface languages, very difficult to learn. | | Aklo || ah-klo || Ancient Unterwelt || Far removed from the grammatic and linguistic structures of surface languages, very difficult to learn. | ||
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| Awnsheghlien || ahn-shay-lee || Winter | | Awnsheghlien || ahn-shay-lee || Winter court fey || A graceful language spoken by "evil" fey. Shares linguistic roots with Sylvan and other fey languages. | ||
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| Breaght || bray-okt || Low | | Breaght || bray-okt || Low goodness || Created by a church scholar of the goddess Lorraine, used in benedictions and hymns. Brings a sense of peace to the listener and speaker. | ||
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| Boggard || bah-gerd || Low | | Boggard || bah-gerd || Low beast || A highly tonal language, suitable for less-evolved larynxes. Shares linguistic roots with Gnoll. | ||
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| Celestial || seh-les-ti-ahl || High | | Celestial || seh-les-ti-ahl || High outsider || A refined language, with intricate grammar rules and subtle inflections. | ||
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court fey || A graceful language spoken by "good" fey. Shares linguistic roots with Sylvan and other fey languages. | |||
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| D'ziriak || jih-ree-uhk || Low | | D'ziriak || jih-ree-uhk || Low brood || A language of hive minds and rigorous caste rankings. Extremely painful for humanoid vocal chords. | ||
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| Delimnia || dih-lim-nee-uh || | | Delimnia || dih-lim-nee-uh || Joy || A peculiarly fluid language, with few rules and little structure. Great for composition of prose and poetry. | ||
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| Dolmen || dohl-min || Low | | Dolmen || dohl-min || Low stone || Linguistically related to Terran. Single words sometimes take several hours to speak, and conversations last days or weeks. | ||
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| Erebral || er-eh-brahl || | | Erebral || er-eh-brahl || Magic || Nearly impossible for non-casters to learn, but highly useful for technical discussions of magical theory. | ||
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| Exaction || ecks-ak-shun || | | Exaction || ecks-ak-shun || Laws || A language with no synonyms, homonyms, and very few ambiguities, typically used in legal proceedings, legal codes, and contracts. | ||
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| F'thaghu'fhalma || | | F'thaghu'fhalma || fuh-thahg-hoo-fahl-mah || High aberrant || An awkward language for humanoids to speak, known to cause bad dreams, and even insanity in those who study it. | ||
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| Fuligin || fyu-lih-jin || Greater | | Fuligin || fyu-lih-jin || Greater darkness || | ||
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aberrant || | |||
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| Genzoezis || gen-zoh-ee-zis || Greater | | Genzoezis || gen-zoh-ee-zis || Greater life || | ||
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| Ghol-Gan || gohl-gahn || High | | Ghol-Gan || gohl-gahn || High giantish || | ||
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| Gurahn'lloig || gor-ah-hin-loy-eeg || | | Gurahn'lloig || gor-ah-hin-loy-eeg || Low aberrant || | ||
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| Grum || gruhm || | | Grum || gruhm || Greater stone || | ||
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| High Cant || hahy kant || Formal bardic song || | | High Cant || hahy kant || Formal bardic song || | ||
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| High Draconic || hahy druh-kon-ik || Dragon | | High Draconic || hahy druh-kon-ik || Dragon lore || | ||
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| Infernal || in-fur-nal || Devils || | | Infernal || in-fur-nal || Devils || | ||
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| Issshh || ish || | | Issshh || ish || Greater wind || | ||
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| Jakrakt || cha-kruhkt || | | Jakrakt || cha-kruhkt || Breaking || | ||
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| Jeen || jeen || | | Jeen || jeen || Greater light || | ||
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| Kern || kern || | | Kern || kern || Language about languages || | ||
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| Krieg || kreeg || | | Krieg || kreeg || War || | ||
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| Lelnian, Ancient || lehl-nee-in, eyn-shuhnt || Human | | Lelnian, Ancient || lehl-nee-in, eyn-shuhnt || Human lore || | ||
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| Litrian || lit-ree-ahn || High | | Litrian || lit-ree-ahn || High human || | ||
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| Myerl || mahy-erl || High | | Myerl || mahy-erl || High beast || | ||
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| Nagaji || nah-gah-jee || Nagas and | | Nagaji || nah-gah-jee || Nagas and ophidians || | ||
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| Necril || neh-kril || High | | Necril || neh-kril || High undead || | ||
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| Omneos || ahm-nee-ohs || High | | Omneos || ahm-nee-ohs || High goodness || | ||
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| Onundur || oh-nuhn-der || Ghoul || | | Onundur || oh-nuhn-der || Ghoul || | ||
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| Phlethegor || fleh-theh-gor || High | | Phlethegor || fleh-theh-gor || High devil || | ||
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| Primal || prahy-muhl || Outer | | Primal || prahy-muhl || Outer madness || | ||
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| Protean || pro-tee-ehn || Low | | Protean || pro-tee-ehn || Low outsider || | ||
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| Quell || kwel || | | Quell || kwel || Order || | ||
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| Quintessence || kwin-tes-uhns || High | | Quintessence || kwin-tes-uhns || High magic || | ||
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| Reave || reev || | | Reave || reev || Chaos || | ||
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| Reckomp || ray-komp || Bright language of | | Reckomp || ray-komp || Bright language of trade || Designed for two speakers to speak at the same time, used for haggling and negotiating. | ||
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| R'luh || reh-loo || Low | | R'luh || reh-loo || Low spring court fey || | ||
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| Slaugh || sloo-a || | | Slaugh || sloo-a || Swampland creatures || A wetlands and swamplands language, spoken with a twangy drawl. | ||
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| Stilth || stilth || | | Stilth || stilth || Greater death || | ||
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| Strix || striks || Low Devil || | | Strix || striks || Low Devil || | ||
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| Tenebri || teh-nee-bree || | | Tenebri || teh-nee-bree || Shadow || | ||
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| Thanic || tha-nik || Undead || | | Thanic || tha-nik || Undead || | ||
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| Treant || tree-uhnt || Autumn | | Treant || tree-uhnt || Autumn court fey || | ||
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| Umbral || uhm-bruhl || Low | | Umbral || uhm-bruhl || Low winter court fey || | ||
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| Urbleburblelou || er-bul-ber-bul-oo || | | Urbleburblelou || er-bul-ber-bul-oo || Greater water || | ||
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| Vertigion || ver-ti-jee-ahn || Contagious | | Vertigion || ver-ti-jee-ahn || Contagious madness || | ||
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| Womp || womp || A fast language || | | Womp || womp || A fast language || | ||
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| Xth'tl'ck || sith-til-ick || High | | Xth'tl'ck || sith-til-ick || High brood || | ||
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| Yastermine || yas-ter-meen || | | Yastermine || yas-ter-meen || History and lore || | ||
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