Languages (Appalachia)

There are nine major languages in the world of Appalachia.

Aquatic

is the language of sea creatures, and has lately been adopted by intelligent speaking land animals.

Black Speech (Badling)

is the language of the mostly evil underground and underdark races and speaking creatures, for example orcs, goblins, and umber hulks.

Celestial

is the language of the both heavens and all the heraldric creatures that are mixtures of two others like centaurs, griffons, lamia, and sphinxes.

Dwarven

is the languages of dwarves and dragons. The dragons invented it, then the dwarves adopted it and reinvented it, then the dragons accepted the dwarves' changes and started reinventing it themselves and o on and on and on. Dragons keep to themselves and interact with very few other intelligent species, but they do have a relationship with the dwarves "We get the outsides of the mountains, you get the insides", and won't talk to anyone else, except in Japan (Yuan) where dragons are worshiped.

Elvish

is the language of elves and other fey. It is derived from neo-Sindarin. High elven is the same but is written using high elven script based on knotting patterns rather than letters.

Fiend

is the language of great evils and horrific abominations (like beholders, medusas, and hydras). It is spoken by those with more than two eyes.

Gnome

is the language of gnomes and giants. It is a concept based language and is utterly rational. That does not stop most gnomes from changing it all the time to try to make it more rational.

• The number of gnome dialects is equal to the number of gnomes, but somehow they all understand each other. Not so much other fantasy races.

Halfling

also called 'common' was originally just the language of the halflings, but since everyone seems to like halflings and since halflings do tend to like to trade, it has become the Lingua Franca of Appalachia (Lingua hobbitla?). The main common dialects are English, French, and Spanish.

Imperial

If you have a major homebrew antagonist race you would like to include in your game, its members speak imperial and live in imperial China. Otherwise it's probably the yuan-ti with a Mandarin spin.

Yuan-tinese

Spoken in various places around the pacific rim. Originating in Japan (Yuan).

Different fantasy races speak different languages. Here is a table identifying which language members of each race and speaking creature speaks:

D100	Creature	Language List	Aquatic	Badling	Celestial	Dwarven	Elvish	Fiend	Gnomish	Halfling	Imperial
1	gith	Aquatic, Badling, Celestial	gith	gith	gith
2	ent	Aquatic, Badling, Dwarven	ent	ent		ent
3	satyr	Aquatic, Badling, Elvish	satyr	satyr			satyr
	drider	Aquatic, Badling, Fiend	dride	dride				dride
4	minotaur	Aquatic, Badling, Gnomish	minot	minot					minot
5	sea hag	Aquatic, Badling, Halfling	sea h	sea h						sea h
6	gnoll	Aquatic, Badling, Imperial	gnoll	gnoll							gnoll
7	troglodyte	Aquatic, Badling	trogl	trogl
	coatl	Aquatic, Celestial, Dwarven	coatl		coatl	coatl
8	marid	Aquatic, Celestial, Elvish	marid		marid		marid
9	grell	Aquatic, Celestial, Fiend	grell		grell			grell
	peryton	Aquatic, Celestial, Gnomish	peryt		peryt				peryt
10	naiad	Aquatic, Celestial, Halfling	naiad		naiad					naiad
11	kenku	Aquatic, Celestial, Imperial	kenku		kenku						kenku
12	flumph/roc	Aquatic, Celestial	flump		flump
13	slaad	Aquatic, Dwarven, Elvish	green			green	green
	[[Hydra (5e Race)	hydra]]	Aquatic, Dwarven, Fiend	hydra			hydra		hydra
14	myconid	Aquatic, Dwarven, Gnomish	mycon			mycon			mycon
15	Vorik's wing	Aquatic, Dwarven, Halfling	vorik			vorik				vorik
	[[Umber Hulk (5e Race)	umber hulk]]	Aquatic, Dwarven, Imperial	umber			umber					umber
	dragon turtle	Aquatic, Dwarven	drago			drago
16	aqualeth	Aquatic, Elvish, Fiend	aqual				aqual	aqual
17	dryad	Aquatic, Elvish, Gnomish	dryad				dryad		dryad
18	merfolk	Aquatic, Elvish, Halfling	merfo				merfo			merfo
	[[Displacer Beast (5e Race)	displacer beast]]	Aquatic, Elvish, Imperial	displ				displ				displ
19	nixies	Aquatic, Elvish	nixie				nixie
20	[[Cyclops (5e Race)	cyclops]]	Aquatic, Fiend, Gnomish	cyclo					cyclo	cyclo
21	rakshasa	Aquatic, Fiend, Halfling	raksh					raksh		raksh
	blight	Aquatic, Fiend, Imperial	bligh					bligh			bligh
	oozes	Aquatic, Fiend	oozes					oozes
22	clurichaun	Aquatic, Gnomish, Halfling	cluri						cluri	cluri
23	chuul	Aquatic, Gnomish, Imperial	chuul						chuul		chuul
24	yeti	Aquatic, Gnomish	yeti						yeti
25	kuo-toa	Aquatic, Halfling, Imperial	kuo-t							kuo-t	kuo-t
26	bullywog	Aquatic, Halfling	bully							bully
	huge octopi	Aquatic, Imperial	huge								huge
	dolphin	Aquatic	dolph
27	pseudodragon	Badling, Celestial, Dwarven		pseud	pseud	pseud
28	nymph	Badling, Celestial, Elvish		nymph	nymph		nymph
29	manticore	Badling, Celestial, Fiend		manti	manti			manti
30	modron	Badling, Celestial, Gnomish		modro	modro				modro
31	shee	Badling, Celestial, Halfling		shee	shee					shee
32	quaggoth	Badling, Celestial, Imperial		quagg	quagg						quagg
33	grimelocks	Badling, Celestial		grime	grime
34	duergar	Badling, Dwarven, Elvish		duerg		duerg	duerg
35	cambion	Badling, Dwarven, Fiend		cambi		cambi		cambi
	wyvern	Badling, Dwarven, Gnomish		wyver		wyver			wyver
36	dwarves	Badling, Dwarven, Halfling		dwarv		dwarv				dwarv
37	nothic	Badling, Dwarven, Imperial		nothi		nothi					nothi
38	kobolds	Badling, Dwarven		kobol		kobol
	imp	Badling, Elvish, Fiend		imp			imp	imp
39	ettin	Badling, Elvish, Gnomish		ettin			ettin		ettin
40	drow	Badling, Elvish, Halfling		drow			drow			drow
41	galeb dur	Badling, Elvish, Imperial		galeb			galeb				galeb
42	green hag	Badling, Elvish		green			green
43	harpy	Badling, Fiend, Gnomish		harpy				harpy	harpy
44	aaracokra	Badling, Fiend, Halfling		aarac				aarac		aarac
	intellect devour	Badling, Fiend, Imperial		intel				intel			intel
	devil	Badling, Fiend		devil				devil
45	hobgoblin	Badling, Gnomish, Halfling		hobgo					hobgo	hobgo
46	fomorian	Badling, Gnomish, Imperial		fomor					fomor		fomor
47	goblins	Badling, Gnomish		gobli					gobli
48	orog	Badling, Halfling, Imperial		orog						orog	orog
49	halforc	Badling, Halfling		halfo						halfo
50	bugbear	Badling, Imperial		bugbe							bugbe
51	orcs	Badling		orcs
52	anthrosphinx	Celestial, Dwarven, Elvish			anthr	anthr	anthr
53	empyrean	Celestial, Dwarven, Fiend			empyr	empyr		empyr
54	storm giant	Celestial, Dwarven, Gnomish			storm	storm			storm
55	good dragon	Celestial, Dwarven, Halfling			good	good				good
56	yugoloth	Celestial, Dwarven, Imperial			yugol	yugol					yugol
57	half good dragon	Celestial, Dwarven			half	half
	banshee	Celestial, Elvish, Fiend			bansh		bansh	bansh
	elementals	Celestial, Elvish, Gnomish			eleme		eleme		eleme
58	fairy	Celestial, Elvish, Halfling			fairy		fairy			fairy
59	gynosphinx	Celestial, Elvish, Imperial			gynos		gynos				gynos
60	lamia	Celestial, Elvish			lamia		lamia
61	incubus	Celestial, Fiend, Gnomish			incub			incub	incub
62	medusa	Celestial, Fiend, Halfling			medus			medus		medus
	kraken	Celestial, Fiend, Imperial			krake			krake			krake
63	fallen angel	Celestial, Fiend			falle			falle
64	pugot	Celestial, Gnomish, Halfling			pugot				pugot	pugot
65	cloud giant	Celestial, Gnomish, Imperial			cloud				cloud		cloud
66	valkyrie	Celestial, Gnomish			valky				valky
67	divine angel	Celestial, Halfling, Imperial			divin					divin	divin
68	centaurs	Celestial, Halfling			centa					centa
69	guard naga	Celestial, Imperial			guard						guard
70	unicorn	Celestial			unico
71	water naga	Dwarven, Elvish, Fiend				water	water	water
72	elemental giant	Dwarven, Elvish, Gnomish				eleme	eleme		eleme
73	faerie dragons	Dwarven, Elvish, Halfling				faeri	faeri			faeri
74	mephit	Dwarven, Elvish, Imperial				mephi	mephi				mephi
75	gargoyle/xorn	Dwarven, Elvish				gargo	gargo
76	naga/roper/otygh	Dwarven, Fiend, Gnomish				naga/		naga/	naga/
77	succubus	Dwarven, Fiend, Halfling				succu		succu		succu
	evil dragon	Dwarven, Fiend, Imperial				evil		evil			evil
78	half evil dragon	Dwarven, Fiend				half		half
79	lizardfolk	Dwarven, Gnomish, Halfling				lizar			lizar	lizar
80	deep gnomes	Dwarven, Gnomish, Imperial				deep			deep		deep
	troll	Dwarven, Gnomish				troll			troll
81	doppelganger	Dwarven, Halfling, Imperial				doppe				doppe	doppe
82	dragonborn	Dwarven, Halfling				drago				drago
83	yuan-ti	Dwarven, Imperial				yuan-					yuan-
	drake	Dwarven				drake
84	mimic	Elvish, Fiend, Gnomish					mimic	mimic	mimic
85	night hag	Elvish, Fiend, Halfling					night	night		night
	ammonite	Elvish, Fiend, Imperial					ammon	ammon			ammon
86	unseelie	Elvish, Fiend					unsee	unsee
87	gnome	Elvish, Gnomish, Halfling					gnome		gnome	gnome
	dao	Elvish, Gnomish, Imperial					dao		dao		dao
88	pecht	Elvish, Gnomish					pecht		pecht
89	half-elf	Elvish, Halfling, Imperial					half-			half-	half-
90	elves	Elvish, Halfling					elves			elves
91	djinn	Elvish, Imperial					djinn				djinn
	efreet	Elvish					efree
92	beholder	Fiend, Gnomish, Halfling						behol	behol	behol
	demon	Fiend, Gnomish, Imperial						demon	demon		demon
93	redcap	Fiend, Gnomish						red c	red c
94	mind flayer	Fiend, Halfling, Imperial						mind		mind	mind
95	tieflings	Fiend, Halfling						tiefl		tiefl
	shoggoth	Fiend, Imperial						shogg			shogg
	quasit	Fiend						quasi
96	halfogre	Gnomish, Halfling, Imperial							halfo	halfo	halfo
97	halflings	Gnomish, Halfling							halfl	halfl
98	ogre	Gnomish, Imperial							ogre		ogre
	hill giant	Gnomish							hill
99	ghouls	Halfling, Imperial								ghoul	ghoul
100	human	Halfling								human
	sahuadon	Imperial									sahua
	echidna	telepathic echidna