Listed below are the better known languages of the Flanaess.

Common is the most prevalent; for this campaign it’s important to note that Keolandish is the language most spoken in the Kingdom of Keoland (where Saltmarsh is located).

Adventurers know Common and learn additional languages in the usual manner.

Common Human Languages:

• Baklunish, Ancient: An ancestor of Common, Baklunish bears its offspring little resemblance. Many colloquial Baklunish dialects (some used by the Paynims) are based upon the classical language and collectively called Low Baklunish. Ancient Baklunish, however, is the standard literary form of the language and is used in religion, mythology, and poetry. It is also the language of all official documents and courtly proceedings west of the Yatils. Despite this, Common is widely known and used in the west, especially by traders and the educated.
• Common: A combination of Ancient Baklunish and the dialect of Old Oeridian spoken in the Great Kingdom was the basis of this traders’ tongue. Beginning centuries ago as Middle-Common, the language contained many obviously Oeridian elements, and the contributions of Baklunish grammatical structure and vocabulary are clearly identifiable. Regional variations were also pronounced, but all these elements became blended and standardized during the years of Aerdi dominance, resulting in the birth of the Overking’s Common Tongue, later simply called Common. Any traveler must learn Common or be greatly handicapped. Very often, a language must be translated into Common before it can be translated into another language.
• Flan: Doubtless the oldest language still spoken to any considerable extent, Flan is used by the Tenha in a corrupt form, and Rovers of the Barrens have a strange version of it. A stagnant language, it is hard to translate modern concepts (such as magic terms) into Flan.
• Oeridian, Old: A young language, Oeridian took in few outside influences until a few centuries ago. As a result, translation into any language except Common is difficult at best. Many books and documents of the Great Kingdom were written in Old Oeridian, and in the far east the language is still widely known and used in speech and writing.
• Suloise, Ancient: This ancient and widespread language became all but extinct after the Rain of Color- less Fire destroyed the Suel Imperium. Today it is rarely spoken, even by the few scholars who know the tongue. The infamous Scarlet Brotherhood are one of few that continue its use. It exists in its written state for those who would delve into the surviving arcane tomes of the Suel people. Transliteration into modern tongues or alphabets is difficult, and dangerous when used in spell casting, for the significance of certain inflections has been lost over the centuries.

Human Dialects and sublanguages:

• Amedi: Only Suel natives of the Amedio Jungle speak this corrupt form of Ancient Suloise. Its few written symbols are Suloise alphabet characters.
• Cold Tongue: This dialect, also known as Fruz, is Ancient Suloise with Flan admixture, spoken by Ice, Snow and Frost Barbarians. It has no relation to Common, and even speakers of Suloise find it diffi- cult to understand.
• Druidic: The druids’ tongue of the Flanaess shares roots with Flan, but it is specialized and static, focusing only on the natural world and agriculture.
• Ferral: Ferral is an old Oeridian tribal language spoken only by officials of the Iron League. Ferral is used for military command and identification purposes and is not a living language.
• Keolandish: This widespread dialect of Old High Oeridian has local admixtures. It is spoken in and around Keoland. If your character knows Common and has spent 3+ months in Keoland, they are proficient in Keolandish (although it will take longer to understand all of the nuance of this language).
• Lendorian: This obscure dialect of Suloise (influenced by Common and full of nautical terms) is spoken in the Lendore Isles by humans.  It has no relation to the Cold Tongue and is not written.
• Nyrondese: This High Oeridian dialect of Common is spoken in rural areas of Nyrond. It is the primary language of peasants, shopkeepers, and other common folk who distrust outsiders. Learned folk speak Common as well.
• Olman: Olman slaves taken by the Sea Princes or Scarlet Brotherhood speak this strange tongue, as their masters hated it. Its huge, complex “alphabet” is really a vast set of pictographs. It is heard most often in the western Sea Princes’ lands and in the Amedio Jungle.
• Ordai: This dialect shared by the Wolf and Tiger Nomads bears some resemblance to Ancient Baklunish, but it is most similar to dialects spoken among the distant Paynims. Its written form is based on Baklunish script.
• Rhopan: The language of the Rhennee, Rhopan is also called “Rhennee cant” because it borrows many terms from other languages, including the argot of several thieves’ organizations. It is not related to any Oerthly tongue.
• Ulagha: The language of the Uli is a debased form of colloquial Baklunish.
• Velondi: This Old Oeridian tribal tongue is known to rural folk near the Furyondy-Veluna border. Those who speak only Common cannot understand it. It has no written form.

Demihuman Languages:

• Dwarven: Their script is called Davek.
• Elven: While there are distinct dialects of Elven, for the purposes of simplicity, knowing one will make a character fluent in the language of their people and able to communicate with those that speak a different dialect. Their script is called Rellanic.
• Halflingish: Little is known of these little peoples’ speech (besides the little people that speak it). Presumably they write as well.
• Gnome: Little is known of these little peoples’ speech (besides the little people that speak it). Presumably they write as well.
• Lizardfolk (Draconic): the language spoken by Lizardfolk and other reptilian/draconic species.
  • Not available as a starting language