Languages

Languages / Linguistics stat

You can find this same information below on the game with: +rules ling

* You can purchase linguistics in self serve xp spending. To set any of the below languages on your +sheet, you must open up a +request with staff. Just tell us you have purchased the dot and which language(s) you wish set.

Clarifications on Languages:

xxxxx* We don't do per-language skill levels. A language is at 0 or it is at 5.

xxxxx* The number of languages you get per level of linguistics is by the books.

xxxxx* Your native language is free.

xxxxxxxxxx- Everyone gets one free language, normally English.

xxxxxxxxxx- Garou also get Garou and Lupine, and similar for fera.

xxxxxxxxxx- Demons also get Enochian.

xxxxxxxxxx- Inanimae also get Inanimica and phylum dialect. (Mannikin don't have their own phylum dialect, and can understand all the others but not speak them).

xxxxx* Languages per level are thus:

xxxxxxxxxx- Linguistics 1: 1 extra language

xxxxxxxxxx- Linguistics 2: 2 extra languages

xxxxxxxxxx- Linguistics 3: 4 extra languages

xxxxxxxxxx- Linguistics 4: 8 extra languages

xxxxxxxxxx- Linguistics 5: 16 extra languages

xxxxx* These are totals, e.g. raising Linguistics from 1 to 3 gives you 3 (not 6) more languages.

xxxxx* Once you've reached Linguistics 5, additional languages can be purchased for 3 XP each.

xxxxx* Leaving out English entirely will significantly restrict your RP. Please think carefully about this and don't use it to hog the spotlight.

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The above list of how many languages you get per dot is not that you get, for instance 4 /more/ languages when you go from 2 dots to 3 dots. It is from the base of your one native language.

How do I speak in languages on the game?

We have code now "+help +speak" which will have you pose to those that have your language of choice:

xxxxx+speak French=Ooo lala!
xxxxxJimmy says in French, "Ooo lala!"

The rest of the room will only see:

xxxxxJimmy speaks in another language.

There is no way to add it into a bigger pose, or emote or @emit with it though, thus it has limitations. Alternatively, you can use google translate to use the actual words if you choose. Sometimes still, the best option is something like this:

xxxxxJohn speaks in French, "Where is the bathroom?"

For some spheres, speaking in what might be a native breed tongue for them, such as Garou, Lupine, etc, it is typical to see people pose it like this:

xxxxxThe white wolf chuffs, >> Over there is the food. <<

Keep in mind - some people will reverse the << and >>, which is acceptable, but if the scene is being logged and put up on the wiki, it may need switched around, or at least spaces added so it is not <<words>> because if you begin your words with 'I' then it causes formatting issues. Easier to reverse it and not forget later. But all your choice.

What Languages are currently available?

This list is available on the game by typing: +liststats langs

If there is a language missing you would like to see added, open up a +request and staff will decide.

• Any language listed below that is striked through is not available, and we are unable to remove from the base code. Please do not request these.

• Lang Gaelic and Lang Scottish are no longer available, as it is replaced by Lang Scots Gaelic.
• Lang Polynesian has been removed from the database, as Polynesian covers 4 different languages as a collective. Please select Lang Hawaiian, Lang Maori, Lang Samoan, and/or Lang Tahitian to represent the one(s) that you intended.

 Lang Afrikaans           Lang Ajaba               Lang Akkadian
 Lang Aleut               Lang Algonquian          Lang Ananasi
 Lang Ancient Celtic      Lang Ancient Egyptian    Lang Ancient Greek
 Lang Apache              Lang Arabic              Lang Aramaic
 Lang Arcadian            Lang Armenian            Lang Asl
 Lang Assyrian            Lang Avian               Lang Bear
 Lang Belarusian          Lang Bengali             Lang Bosnian
 Lang Bulgarian           Lang Cajun               Lang Cambodian
 Lang Canine              Lang Cantonese           Lang Cervine
 Lang Cherokee            Lang Cheyenne            Lang Choctaw
 Lang Circassian          Lang Comanche            Lang Corax
 Lang Coyote              Lang Cree                Lang Czech
 Lang Danish              Lang Diegueno            Lang Dothraki
 Lang Dutch               Lang English             Lang Enochian
 Lang Equine              Lang Esperanto           Lang Esselen
 Lang Estonian            Lang Ethiopian           Lang Feline
 Lang Finnish             Lang Fox                 Lang French
 Lang French Creole       Lang Gaelic              Lang Garou
 Lang German              Lang Glome               Lang Greek
 Lang Gurahl              Lang Haitian Creole      Lang Hawaiian
 Lang Hebrew              Lang Hindi               Lang Hokkien
 Lang Hopi                Lang Hungarian           Lang Hyaena
 Lang Icelandic           Lang Inanimica           Lang Indonesian
 Lang Inuit               Lang Irish               Lang Iroquois
 Lang Italian             Lang Iwapo'              Lang Japanese
 Lang Jive                Lang Kaja                Lang Kheuar
 Lang Kitsune             Lang Klingon             Lang Korean
 Lang Kubera              Lang Kumeyaay            Lang Latin
 Lang Latvian             Lang Leporine            Lang Lithuanian
 Lang Louisiana Creole    Lang Luganda             Lang Lupine
 Lang Macedonian          Lang Mandarin            Lang Maori
 Lang Mayan               Lang Middle Chinese      Lang Mohawk
 Lang Mokole              Lang Mongolian           Lang Nahuatl
 Lang Navajo              Lang Nez Perce           Lang Nigerian
 Lang Norse               Lang Norwegian           Lang Nuwisha
 Lang Ojibwa              Lang Old Aramaic         Lang Old Avestan
 Lang Old Chinese         Lang Old English         Lang Ondine
 Lang Paroseme            Lang Persian             Lang Pictish
 Lang Pinniped            Lang Piscine             Lang Polish
 Lang Portuguese          Lang Punjabi             Lang Quechua
 Lang Quenya              Lang Ranine              Lang Ratkin
 Lang Reptilian           Lang Rodent              Lang Rokea
 Lang Romani              Lang Romanian            Lang Russian
 Lang Samoan              Lang Sanskrit            Lang Scots Gaelic
 Lang Scottish     Lang Seminole            Lang Sending
 Lang Serbian             Lang Shark               Lang Shoshone
 Lang Sicilian            Lang Sign Akashic        Lang Sign Indian
 Lang Sign Sabbat         Lang Sign Strider        Lang Silbo Gomero
 Lang Sioux               Lang Slovak              Lang Solimond
 Lang Somali              Lang Spanish             Lang Spider
 Lang Sumerian            Lang Swahili             Lang Swedish
 Lang Tagalog             Lang Tahitian            Lang Thai
 Lang Tibetan             Lang Turkish             Lang Ukrainian
 Lang Vietnamese          Lang Vulcan              Lang Welsh
 Lang Whalesong           Lang Yiddish             Lang Yupik
 Lang Zulu