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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. | |
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| | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| LANGUAGE LIST: | ==== Language List ==== |
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| * Arabic: Semitic language of Arab world and Muslim Scholarship | |
| * Aramaic: Semitic language of Syria, widely used scholarly tongue. | * **Arabic**: Semitic language of Arab world and Muslim Scholarship |
| * Avestan: This language is known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name. | * **Aramaic**: Semitic language of Syria, widely used scholarly tongue |
| * Basque: language of Navarre and the Basque tribes of NE Spain | * **Avestan**: This language is known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name |
| * Berber: native language of Moors of North Africa. | * **Basque**: Language of Navarre and the Basque tribes of Northeast Spain |
| * Breton; Celtic language of Brittany (partially intelligible with Welsh) | * **Berber**: Native language of Moors of North Africa |
| * Catalan: Romance Language of Eastern Spain (mutually intelligible with Occitan, partially with Spanish) | * **Breton**; Celtic language of Brittany (partially intelligible with Welsh) |
| * English: Germanic Language of England and Nessex. Also called Anglo-Saxon. | * **Catalan**: Romance Language of Eastern Spain (mutually intelligible with Occitan, partially with Spanish) |
| * French: Romance Language of France (partially intelligible with Occitan) | * **English**: Germanic Language of England and Nessex, also called Anglo-Saxon |
| * Gaelic: Celtic language of Highland Scotland (mostly intelligible with Irish) | * **French**: Romance Language of France (partially intelligible with Occitan) |
| * German: Represents variety of dialects of the Holy Roman Empire. | * **Gaelic**: Celtic language of Highland Scotland (mostly intelligible with Irish) |
| * Greek: language of the Byzantine Empire and the New Testament, widely used scholarly tongue. | * **German**: Represents variety of dialects of the Holy Roman Empire |
| * Hungarian: language of the Kingdom of Hungary | * **Greek**: Language of the Byzantine Empire and the New Testament, widely used scholarly tongue |
| * Irish: Celtic language of Ireland (mostly intelligible with Scots Gaelic) | * **Hungarian**: Language of the Kingdom of Hungary |
| * Italian: Romance language of Italian peninsula (partially intelligible with Occitan, Catalan and Spanish) | * **Irish**: Celtic language of Ireland (mostly intelligible with Scots Gaelic) |
| * Latin: ancestral tongue of the Romance dialects, used extensively by the Church. | * **Italian**: Romance language of Italian peninsula (partially intelligible with Occitan, Catalan and Spanish) |
| * Norse: common tongue of the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, Vinlanders | * **Latin**: Ancestral tongue of the Romance dialects, used extensively by the Church |
| * Occitan: Romance Dialect of Southern France (mutually intelligible with Catalan, partially with French) | * **Norse**: Common tongue of the Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, and Vinlanders |
| * 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. | * **Occitan**: Romance Dialect of Southern France (mutually intelligible with Catalan, partially with French) |
| * Scots: dialect of Lowland Scotland (mutually intelligble with English, mostly) | * **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 |
| * Spanish: Romance dialect of northern/western Spanish (partially intelligible with Catalan) | * **Scots**: dialect of Lowland Scotland (mutually intelligble with English, mostly) |
| * Welsh: Celtic language of the Wales Peninsula (partially intelligible with Breton) | * **Spanish**: Romance dialect of northern/western Spanish (partially intelligible with Catalan) |
| | * **Welsh**: Celtic language of the Wales Peninsula (partially intelligible with Breton) |
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| ==== Ancient Languages ==== | ==== Ancient Languages ==== |
| ==== Celtic Languages ==== | ==== Celtic Languages ==== |
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| Characters of the Druidic scholar archetypes may learn other Celtic languages. These languages include: Breton, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish. | Characters of the Druidic scholar archetypes may learn other Celtic languages. These languages include: Breton, Gaelic, Irish and Welsh. |
| ==== Modern Languages ==== | ==== Modern Languages ==== |
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| | 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. |
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