Languages in Credoth

Their are a wide variety of languages spoken throughout the world, originating from various cultures as well as some coming from outside Credoth itself. Some have writtten forms while others are only oral such as Hill Speak. All cultures use Common in some capacity to help with communication between cultures. Common was developed by the Otwin people and is easily adaptable to most Altinum and Hilverdoorn based languages. While it is quite different from Takamoto based languages, many of those cultures still choose to learn common because of its wide spread use.

Common

Base language invented by Otwin traders that is easily adaptable to Altinum and Hilverdoorn based languages. Is widely used throughout Credoth.

Forms

Written, Oral

Ancient Languages

Alti

Language spoken by the Altinum people. The language would eventually evolve into Myr, Cast, and Hudan. The language would also mix with Hill speak to form Jewel and Ought

Forms

Written, Oral

Hill Speak

Language spoken by the Hilverdoorn people. The language would eventually evolve gain a written form when it evolved into Lagoon. The language would also mix with Alti and form Jewl and Ought.

Forms

Oral

Totaka

Language spoken by the Takamoto people. The language would eventually evolve into Haesh, Yon, and Maju.

Forms

Written, Oral

Modern Languages

Cast

Cast evolved from Alti, and while the Castran people wish to remain as close to the Altinum as possible the two languages barely resemble each other anymore.

Forms

Written, Oral

Myr

The Myris evolution of Alti became Myr, which went in a different direction then Cast. While Cast remained very formal in nature, Myr became much more informal.

Forms

Written, Oral

Hudan

The people of the Isles do not know much about the Hudan Language

Forms

Unknown

Lagoon

Lagoon was developed as a written form for Hill Speak as the Laggsunde people began settling more. Eventually the oral part of the language changed enough that it only barely resembles Hill Speak in modern day.

Forms

Written, Oral

Ought

The mixture of people from both Altinum and Hilverdoorn that would go on to form the Otwin developed a language that combined the oral language of Hill Speak with the written language of Alti. Because of this composition, Ought shares many cognates with each Hilverdoorn and Altinum based languages.

Forms

Written, Oral

Jewel

The mixture of people from both Altinum and Hilverdoorn that would go on to form the Jouilat culture, would retain much of Alti with influences from hill speak that would cause it to become much more laxed in terms of format and grammar.

Forms

Written, Oral

Haesh

The people of the Isles do not know much about the Haesh Language

Forms

Unknown

Yon

The people of the Isles do not know much about the Yon Language

Forms

Unknown

Maju

In similar fashion to Myr, Maju would develop as less formal and more basic version of Totaka. The language would eventually outright drop its written form and would instead use images for writing. They would also eventually develop a gesture based system used for communicating between ships.

Forms

Oral, Gesture

Specialized Languages

Draconic

The Dragons language, spoken by dragonborn, kobolds, and all others who owe their heritage to the Dragons.

Forms

Written, Oral

Infernal

Spoken by all the denizens of the lower planes, from devils to demons.

Forms

Written, Oral

Celestial

Used by the inhabitants of the upper planes.

Forms

Written, Oral

Sylvan

Used by druids, rangers, and beasts throughout the forests of Credoth.

Forms

Written, Oral, Gesture

Primodial

A guttural language spoken mainly by Genasi and the elementals that serve them.

Forms

Written, Oral

Thieves Cant

A language used by thieves, charlatans, and assassins across the world. It allows complex messages to be hidden in simple conversations and symbols. Their are a variety of dialects of it used by varying guilds and organizations.

Forms

Written, Oral, Gesture