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--- languages [2019/11/25 13:27] – dave
+++ languages [2021/05/25 01:55] (current) – [Celtic Languages] quinton
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-=====LANGUAGES======
+====== Languages ======
 Every character begins with a Primary Language (indicated by his Heritage) which he can speak without accent and be immediately accepted as a member of its native community.  According to his Heritage, he will also be given a Secondary Language which is usually English, so that all PC'S can operate in the Kingdom of Nessex and also speak with each other.
-Mages and Zealots chose one scholarly language for each point of INT bonus.  These include: Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, or Aramaic. Zealots who are Catholic automatically know at least some Latin.
 Bards who chose the correct archetype feature gain a number of spoken languages according to their CHA.
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 A character can learn a new language, with a teacher or by immersion by making 6 successful INT checks, each made after a month of dedicated work.
-No one known has yet deciphered the Atlantean writings found in the ruins without magical means.
+No one known has yet deciphered the [[Atlantean writings]] found in the ruins without magical means.
+==== Language List ====
+  * **Arabic**:  Semitic language of Arab world and Muslim Scholarship
+  * **Aramaic**:  Semitic language of Syria, widely used scholarly tongue
+  * **Avestan**:  This language is known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name
+  * **Basque**: Language of Navarre and the Basque tribes of Northeast Spain
+  * **Berber**:  Native language of Moors of North Africa
+  * **Breton**;  Celtic language of Brittany (partially intelligible with Welsh)
+  * **Catalan**: Romance Language of Eastern Spain (mutually intelligible with Occitan, partially with Spanish)
+  * **English**:  Germanic Language of England and Nessex, also called Anglo-Saxon
+  * **French**:  Romance Language of France (partially intelligible with Occitan)
+  * **Gaelic**:  Celtic language of Highland Scotland (mostly intelligible with Irish)
+  * **German**:  Represents variety of dialects of the Holy Roman Empire
+  * **Greek**:  Language of the Byzantine Empire and the New Testament, widely used scholarly tongue
+  * **Hungarian**:  Language of the Kingdom of Hungary
+  * **Irish**:  Celtic language of Ireland (mostly intelligible with Scots Gaelic)
+  * **Italian**: Romance language of Italian peninsula (partially intelligible with Occitan, Catalan and Spanish)
+  * **Latin**:  Ancestral tongue of the Romance dialects, used extensively by the Church
+  * **Norse**: Common tongue of the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, and Vinlanders
+  * **Occitan**: Romance Dialect of Southern France (mutually intelligible with Catalan, partially with French)
+  * **Sanskrit**: An ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived
+  * **Scots**:  dialect of Lowland Scotland (mutually intelligble with English, mostly)
+  * **Spanish**:  Romance dialect of northern/western Spanish (partially intelligible with Catalan)
+  * **Welsh**:  Celtic language of the Wales Peninsula (partially intelligible with Breton)
+==== Ancient Languages ====
+Some archetypes may learn languages from a list of ancient tongues. These languages include:
+Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Avestan, and Aramaic.
+==== Celtic Languages ====
+Characters of the Druidic scholar archetypes may learn other Celtic languages. These languages include: Breton, Gaelic, Irish and Welsh.
+==== Modern Languages ====
+A number of modern languages are spoken in Eldritch Earth. These languages include: Basque, Berber, Breton, Catalan, English, French, Gaelic, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Norse, Occitan, Scottish, Spanish and Welsh.
-LANGUAGE LIST:
-Arabic
-Aramaic
-Berber
-Breton
-Catalan: Romance Dialect of Eastern Spain (mutually intelligible with Occitan, partially with Spanish)
-English
-French
-Gaelic:  Celtic language of Highland Scotland (mostly intelligible with Irish)
-German
-Greek
-Irish:  Celtic language of Ireland (mostly intelligible with Scots Gaelic)
-Italian
-Latin
-Norse: common tongue of the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, Vinlanders
-Occitan: Romance Dialect of Southern France (mutually intelligible with Catalan, partially with French)
-Scots:  dialect of Lowland Scotland (mutually intelligble with English, mostly)
-Spanish
-Welsh:  Celtic language of the Wales Peninsula (partially intelligible