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Nurn languages overview

Legends tell that it was the gods who told to the People how to speak, but every god did it separately, and that's why every one of the races of the Thinkers speaks different from one to another.   Nurn languages rules: in Nurna, there is one equivalent for each of the basic languages that the Dungeons and Dragons 5e Player's Handbook offers to players during the Creation Phase,with some more from the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 and Pathfinder core rulebooks. We show here what are those equivalents, and how are they written, and by who are they spoken. If you find some language missing, if it's because it doesn't exist in Nurna  
  • Aknane (Elven): spoke by elves and half-elves. It is written in Aknane Pictograms.
 
  • Aztlani (Common): humans and the core races spoke this. Is the language from the old sunken land of Aztlan, conserved by the Naacal Tribe. It is written down in Aztlani Glyphs.
 
  • Chaaklach (Orc): spoke by orcs in the past, now is spoken between half-orcs. It is written in Worg Pictograms.
 
  • Dark Tongue (Abyssal): spoke by otherwordly creatures that hail from the Great Dark One domains. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Dream Tongue (Celestial): the language of gods' emissaries and other good creatures from the Great Dream. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Fire Tongue (Ignan): it serves to spoke with fire-based creatures from the Great Dream. Some say that fire moves when you sing to it with this tongue. It hasn't written form
 
  • Flower Tongue (Druidic): druids only. It serves to spoke with animals and vegetation and between shamans. It is written in Shamanic Marks.
 
  • Gobelin (Goblin): spoken by bugbears, gobelins and hobgobelins. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Kanaloaori (Halfling): spoke by halflings. It is written down in tattoos.
 
  • Kawak (Draconic): the tongue of dragons, and other reptilian humanoids. It has the name of the biggest of dragons, whose mouth is the entrance to the Underworld. It is written down in Kawak Pictograms.
 
  • Khipu (Dwarven): the language of khipu, guanaco-wool abacus made by dwarves. It hasn't spoken form: it only serves to understand those abaci.
 
  • Monster Tongue (Giant): spoken by apsat, ogres, trolls and other giants from the mountains and the glaciers. It hasn't written form, or so it is said
 
  • Mountain Tongue (Terran): it serves to spoke with underground animals and earth-based creatures from the Great Dream. Some dwarves say that rocks can understand it. It hasn't written form
 
  • Nujaliktsina (Gnome): spoken by the Nunnehi, Nurna's gnomes. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Ocean Tongue (Aquan): it serves to spoke with aquatic creatures, or water-based creatures from the Great Dream
 
  • Signs Languange (Gnome): "spoken" by the Nunnehi, it's the way they communicate without using words. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Sky Tongue (Auran): it serves to spoke with flying creatures, or air-based creatures from the Great Dream. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Viracochinkha (Dwarven): the language of the dwarves. It hasn't written form.
 
  • Wood Tongue (Sylvan): it is spoken by fey creatures, plant creatures and other forest spirits from the Great Dream
  Every Tribe (subrace) has its own dialect of their Racial language. Thus, the Hiva Tribe knows the Hiva dialect of the Aztlani, just as the Nacheca Tribe know the Nacheca dialect.

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