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<blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 8801513" data-attributes="member: 7017304">If we're going for realism, languages specific to a small group (especially one that's isolated for whatever reason) would certainly exist - but anyone in that group who wants to do business with any outsiders (like a farmer selling grain) would also know the regional common language.Real-world examples would include Pennsylvania Dutch who live in Pennsylvania in the US but speak German at home. But many (most?) also speak English so they can sell stuff to tourists. So in this example - Sahuagin would be a language, and many sahuagin wouldn't speak anything else. But at least a few would speak Aquan or whatever language is the regional language for the sea they live in. You are correct that few pc's would select Sahuagin as a bonus language... but to me that's the point. They can speak but you can't understand them. But drow would just speak a dialect of elven, so the elf pc's would understand them (mostly).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmartkdr2, post: 8801513, member: 7017304"] If we're going for realism, languages specific to a small group (especially one that's isolated for whatever reason) would certainly exist - but anyone in that group who wants to do business with any outsiders (like a farmer selling grain) would also know the regional common language. Real-world examples would include Pennsylvania Dutch who live in Pennsylvania in the US but speak German at home. But many (most?) also speak English so they can sell stuff to tourists. So in this example - Sahuagin would be a language, and many sahuagin wouldn't speak anything else. But at least a few would speak Aquan or whatever language is the regional language for the sea they live in. You are correct that few pc's would select Sahuagin as a bonus language... but to me that's the point. They can speak but you can't understand them. But drow would just speak a dialect of elven, so the elf pc's would understand them (mostly). [/QUOTE]

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