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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8823381" data-attributes="member: 29398">That would depend on how isolated their communities are and-or how much regular interaction there is between them.I mean, in the real world we have significant dialectical differences within the same country in theory speaking the same language in at least two ovbious instances - the UK and the USA - and that's with lots of interaction between them.Not in my games.&nbsp; Literacy is only guaranteed for mages, as it's a job requirement.&nbsp; Everyone else, if they want a shot at literacy, have to pull out the dice during char-gen.&nbsp; If illiterate, a character can spend several in-game months learning literacy (in one language!) once the campaign begins.I'm thinking at the least it would be more like a Texan trying to converse with a Highland Scot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />At the beginning, sure.&nbsp; But if that beginning was any longer ago than just a few generations, growing differences in laugnage between different communities (and, later, cultures) will soon appear.Perhaps.&nbsp; I think you're underestimating just how much language evolves over time. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8823381, member: 29398"] That would depend on how isolated their communities are and-or how much regular interaction there is between them. I mean, in the real world we have significant dialectical differences within the same country in theory speaking the same language in at least two ovbious instances - the UK and the USA - and that's with lots of interaction between them. Not in my games. Literacy is only guaranteed for mages, as it's a job requirement. Everyone else, if they want a shot at literacy, have to pull out the dice during char-gen. If illiterate, a character can spend several in-game months learning literacy (in one language!) once the campaign begins. I'm thinking at the least it would be more like a Texan trying to converse with a Highland Scot. :) At the beginning, sure. But if that beginning was any longer ago than just a few generations, growing differences in laugnage between different communities (and, later, cultures) will soon appear. Perhaps. I think you're underestimating just how much language evolves over time. :) [/QUOTE]

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