LANGUAGES

Your race indicates the Languages your character can speak by default, and your Background might give you access to one or more additional Languages of your choice. Note these Languages on your character sheet.

Choose your Languages from the Standard Languages table, or choose one that is Common in your campaign. With your GM’s permission, you can instead choose a language from the Standard Languages table or a Secret language, such as thieves’ cant or the tongue of druids.

Some of these Languages are actually families of Languages with many dialects. For example, the Primordial language includes the Auran, Aquan, Ignan, and Terran dialects, one for each of the four elemental planes. Creatures that speak different dialects of the same language can communicate with one another.

Language	Typical Speakers	Script
Abyssal	Demons, chaotic evil outsiders	Infernal
Gurglespeak	Sea dwelling humanoids	Elven
Celestial	Celestials (angels, devas)	Celestial
Common Tongue	Pretty much everybody	Common
Draconic	Dragons, Kobolds, Gasters	Draconic
Draggish	Knuckle-draggers, ogres, giants	Dwarvish
Dwarvish	Dwarves	Dwarvish
Elvish	Elves	Elvish
Gnomish	Gnomes	Dwarvish
Goblin	Goblinoids, hobgoblins, bugbears	Dwarvish
Harpese	Gracks, harpees, and parrots	Little scratches
Infernal	Devils, Tieflings	Infernal
Lowland Signing	Lowlanders, lowland based explorers	Sign language
Primordial	Mongers, demons, elementals	Mongerian
Rhododendron	Sentient plants	Scent based
Schmalphish	Schmalphs	Bops, bings, bongs
Tomarkenese	Dopplegangers, Tomarken natives	Tomarken
Underjak	Thrin, Ooltar, Underdark traders
Wingdings 3	Androids, mainframes, sentient vehicles, and appliances	Wingdings 2