Thanks for putting this together and listing sources. I happen to have an archeologist-themed character who is obsessed with learning every language in Golarion. Happily, to this end, the DM allows me to pick even ancient dead languages when I put skills in Linguistics. Ancient Libraries ftw! Then of course he forgets I know them when the "ancient language riddle" comes along :p. I love home games.
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Excellent work generic Villain! With skills like this you need to be working for the Pathfinder Wiki forthwith at:
http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Pathfinder_Wiki
Nearly all of the languages you list are there, categorized and searchable. There may be some you don't have too like Minkan and Garuda.
Start at this index page for the languages:
http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Languages_of_Golarion
However, you got one we haven't got in Varki. I can add it but do you want to? If you don't know how people there can help. Offer of joining us is very serious!
J
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...and then they named him their king, and took many ranks in Linguistics.
I think you can add Drow Sign Language to the list. It's a bonus language available for drows.
Impressive list, but...
Polyglot is a descriptive word for someone who knows three or more languages. It's not a language itself. (Unless Paizo made a language named "polyglot" but I would find that to be very strange.)
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Impressive list, but...
Polyglot is a descriptive word for someone who knows three or more languages. It's not a language itself. (Unless Paizo made a language named "polyglot" but I would find that to be very strange.)
They use Polyglot in Serpents Skull as the local language spoken in Mwangi.
I think the idea is that there are actually multiple local languages and rather than dealing with 10 local dialects you take polyglot to pick them all up. Not sure about that though.
There's a undecipherable script of a dead/lost language mentioned on page 6 and page 37 of BotD III (yeah sorta kinda maybe yes implying that it's the same language for both those brief references).
I find that very strange, indeed.
It's like naming a language "bi-lingual". But ok. :D
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I find that very strange, indeed.
It's like naming a language "bi-lingual". But ok. :D
Again, I'm making an assumption here... it's not a single language, but rather than burden characters by requiring they take 5-10 slots to speak a collection of similar languages they take polyglot instead
Thank so much! I have sort of a language fetish.
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I find that very strange, indeed.
It's like naming a language "bi-lingual". But ok. :D
It's the catch all term for the various dialects of the various Mwangi sub-groups*. I guess the designers thought "polyglot" was a good name for a language that is actually a group of languages similar enough that speakers of one are able to understand speakers of another.
Per the ISWG, it is believed they all come from a lost root langauge.
* these sub-groups arguably have about as much in common as (say) Kellids and Ulfen do, but are lumped together for convenience.
Polyglot may, amongst the other things, refer to person or language created from fusion of multiple languages (mixed language or pidgin).
We've gotten a few more languages since the creation of this list. These are the new ones from the books I own, there may be others...
From Distant Worlds
Brethedan
Shobhad
Shortwave
From Dragon Empires Gazetteer
Dtang
Hon-La
Hwan
Minatan
Minkaian
Nagaji
Samsaran
Senzar
Wayang
From Bestiary III
Adlet
Catfolk
Chemical Communication (Ghorazagh only)
Empath (Carbuncle only)
Garuda
Girtablilu
Kech
Sasquatch
Shae
Tanuki
Thriae
Vanaran
Vishkanya
Yithian
And I'm not sure which book it's from, but seems to be missing from the first post:
Taldane
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And I'm not sure which book it's from, but seems to be missing from the first post:** spoiler omitted **
We treat that language as Common in the Inner Sea region of Golarion—the idea is that the most prevalent language of the larger area (continent, planet, whatever) where your campaign is set counts as Common. So for example, if your campaign is centered in Tian Xia, Common would be Tien instead.
^Kech is also in Bestiary III.
Probably retconned languages:
Daemonic (Varnhold Vanishing page 36); I don't think I've seen any actual Daemons listed as speaking this, it just shows up as the language for one Soul Eater
Bestiary 2 Soul Eater has only Abyssal and Infernal. Exact release dates of Varnhold Vanishing and Bestiary 2 would have to be compared. I guess that Kingmaker used Tomb Of Horrors 3.5 Soul Eater which was later updated for PF in Bestiary 2, which also included update of daemons - who hadn't got their own language.
This is the the most complete list I can find using Hero Lab. No sources just a quick cut and paste list.
Aboleth
Abyssal
Adlet
Aklo
Aquan
Auran
Azlanti
Boggard
Brethedan
Catfolk
Celestial
Chelaxian
Chemical Communication
Common
Cyclops
D'ziriak
Daemonic
Dark Folk
Draconic
Drow Sign Language
Druidic
Dtang
Dwarven
Elven
Ettin
Flail Snail
Garuda
Ghol-Gan
Giant
Girtablilu
Gnoll
Gnome
Goblin
Grippli
Halfling
Hallit
Hon-La
Hwan
Ignan
Infernal
Jistka
Kech
Kelish
Kuru
Minatan
Minkaian
Nagaji
Necril
Orc
Orvian
Osiriani
Osiriani, Ancient
Plantspeech (fungi)
Plantspeech (gourds)
Plantspeech (seaweed)
Plantspeech (trees)
Polyglot
Protean
Sahaugin
Samsaran
Sasquatch
Senzar
Shadowtongue
Shae
Shoanti
Shobhad
Skald
Sphinx
Strix
Sylvan
Takritanin
Tanuki
Tengu
Terran
Thassilonian
Thriae
Tien
Treant
Undercommon
Vanaran
Varisian
Vegepygmy
Vishkanya
Vudrani
Wayang
Worg
Yithian
Just for fun, I decided to go through various PF products and compile a list of languages.
** amazingly complete list of languages **
Are there any that I'm missing?
Kasatha, spoken by the race Kasatha, from the Advanced Race Guide.