Languages of Exandria

Many different languages are spoken across Exandria. Common is the most widely spoken among humanoids, though most races also have their own language.

Magic is sometimes used to speak and understand languages that a person or creature does not otherwise know.

Many creatures can understand languages, but not speak them. Some, such as kenku, can speak only through mimicry.

Abyssal
Abyssal is the language of demonic creatures. Of the player characters, known speakers include Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, and Yasha Nydoorin.

For a sense of the sound of Abyssal, short phrases can be heard in and.

Celestial
Celestial is a language spoken mainly by celestials and aasimar. Celestial poetry rhymes even when translated into any language. Of the player characters, known speakers include Percival de Rolo, Caleb Widogast, and Yasha.

Common
Common is the most widespread language in Exandria, and the primary language of humans.

Deep Speech
Deep Speech is the language of aberrations, such as mind flayers and beholders. Of the player characters, known speakers include Beauregard Lionett.

Draconic
Draconic is the language of dragons and is also spoken by dragonborn. The early basis of magical runes and a lot of arcane magic is a deviation of Draconic. The earliest, base Draconic runes are more powerful. Of the player characters, known speakers include Taryon Darrington, Tiberius Stormwind, and Vex'ahlia.

For a sense of the sound of Draconic, short phrases can be heard in and.

Draconic glossary

 * dranas
 * gathering, the noun in the sense of a meeting or assembly, as in the names of the cities Ghor Dranas (gathering of shadows) and Nicodranas (gathering of colors)


 * ghor
 * shadow or shadows


 * nico
 * color or colors


 * veles
 * vault

Druidic
Druidic is the private language of druids. Of the player characters, known speakers include Keyleth and Vax'ildan.

Dwarvish
Dwarvish is the language of the dwarves. Of the player characters, known speakers include Grog Strongjaw (while wearing the Belt of Dwarvenkind), Pike Trickfoot, Tiberius, and Beau.

Elvish
Elvish is the language of the elves, and is also spoken by most half-elves. Of the player characters, known speakers include Keyleth], Percival de Rolo, Vax'ildan, Vex'ahlia, Caduceus Clay, and Beauregard.

Elvish glossary

 * Gwessar
 * Fields of Joy, Elvish name for the Tal'Dorei continent


 * loren’al
 * Elvish name for the Daggerbay Mountains


 * lyren'gorn
 * mountain city, hence the name of the city Lyrengorn; an identical suffix in the name of the elven city Syngorn suggests that gorn means "city" and the similarity to loren'al suggests loren and lyren are variations on mountain terms

Giant
Giant is the language spoken by giants and goliaths. Of the player characters, known speakers include Grog and Caduceus.

Gnomish
Gnomish is the language of gnomes. Of the player characters, known speakers include Pike Trickfoot, Scanlan Shorthalt, and Taryon.

Goblin
The Goblin language is mainly spoken by goblins and goblinkin. Of the player characters, known speakers include Veth Brenatto.

Goblin glossary

 * an-Melzidanye
 * regional name for Melora in the Lushgut Forest


 * drohurror
 * terrorfolk, word for the Righteous Brand among the goblinkin of the Dwendalian Empire


 * kinespaji
 * horizonback tortoise

Halfling
Halflings speak their own language, which is also called Halfling. Of the player characters, known speakers include Beau and Veth.

Infernal
Infernal is the language spoken by devils and tieflings. Of the player characters, known speakers include Jester Lavorre and Mollymauk Tealeaf.

Marquesian
Marquesian is a language spoken in Marquet. Of the player characters, known speakers include Scanlan Shorthalt.

Marquesian glossary

 * a
 * of, may appear as a standalone word as in the game Quon a Drensal (Run of Luck) or be attached to a previous word as in the ship Drensala Vis (Luck of the Mother)


 * drensal
 * luck


 * quon
 * run, the noun in the sense of a continuous period of something, as in the game Quon a Drensal (Run of Luck) or the Marquesian name of the casino Luck's Run (Drensala Quon)


 * vis
 * mother

Naush
Naush is the language spoken by the Ki'Nau peoples.

Orc
Orc, sometimes called Orcish, is a language spoken by orcs and half-orcs. Of the player characters, known speakers include Fjord.

Orc glossary

 * the curse of ruin, the term refers to a violent and bloodlusting fury falsely believed to afflict orcs and half-orcs due to legendary association with Gruumsh, the Ruiner but it is broadly applied to any anger ranging from rage in battle to bad tempers; the root in Gruumsh suggests hgar means "curse" and Gruum is likely less the colloquial word for "ruin" and more a signifier for Gruumsh
 * the curse of ruin, the term refers to a violent and bloodlusting fury falsely believed to afflict orcs and half-orcs due to legendary association with Gruumsh, the Ruiner but it is broadly applied to any anger ranging from rage in battle to bad tempers; the root in Gruumsh suggests hgar means "curse" and Gruum is likely less the colloquial word for "ruin" and more a signifier for Gruumsh


 * Jez-Araz
 * Breakers of Spirits, the name of an orcish people in the Rime Plains

Primordial
The primordial languages are spoken by elemental creatures. Each element has its own dialect: Aquan (water), Auran (air), Ignan (fire), and Terran (earth). Of the player characters, known speakers include Keyleth.

Sylvan
Sylvan is the primary language of fey creatures. Of the player characters, known speakers include Keyleth, Taryon, Caleb, and Caduceus.

Thieves' Cant
Thieves' Cant is less a language in its own right and more of a coded form of communication, usually between thieves. Of the player characters, known speakers include Veth, Beau, Vax'ildan, and Vex'ahlia.

Undercommon
Undercommon is a language spoken by creatures of the Underdark, including the drow. Of the player characters, known speakers include Pike, Taryon, Vex'ahlia, and Beau.

For a sense of the sound of Undercommon, phrases can be heard from a duergar in, a fomorian in , and from Kryn drow in and in. For a sense of the appearance of the script, several words written on the in-game map of Xhorhas are written in Undercommon.

Undercommon glossary

 * Rosohna
 * Rebirth, the name of the capital of the Kryn Dynasty

Zemnian
Zemnian is a language spoken in the Zemni Fields. Zemnian is analogous to the real-world German language. Of the player characters, known speakers include Caleb.