I'm including an example of how to purchase Language Fluency Skills here as it appears to be more difficult than I realize and is a sticking point. http://tinyurl.com/hkslrv3
Languages for the Frontier.
The two language most spoken out here in THESE wilds are Tieshan and Norn. But as you might suspect the Frontier is large... but were ever I'm starting the game won't be... as much. These are the languages in the immediate area or at least the most common regional languages - along with how each group is perceived.
Thelitos - Two countries speak this one language. But the majority of people who speak this out here on the fringe are from Theturi Legionnaires some retired and gone adventuring - others are just out exploring.
Theturos
Jotun - Spoken by human half-breeds with orc blood - though they prefer to be called Ogrun. This language was once spoken only by Giants or so the Ogrun claim.
Ogrun
Anvilmar - Language of the Iron dwarves native to this continent. Many humans speak their language, tolerably well, their culture survived the fall in greater amounts than any other BUT they are changed in ways they don't of speak openly. Dwarven ghettos are found in human cities as their traditional homes were all destroyed in the Cataclysm. They are not actually related to the Charduni despite many skin deep similarities. It probably a good way to start a fight - comparing one group to the other.
Iron-dwarves
Kosani - Spoken by another bastard race of humanity this time with fae blood... again best not to call them half elves. The iKKosi have their own culture not dependent on any other race but are possibly more savage than the Ogrun. This may be due to the mysterious absence of any elf in the known world.
iKKosi
Norn - Northern Barbarians [Vikings!] https://emptythrone.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/nornheimr
Norn
Chalav - Northern Gypsies called Cherkess Plainsmen speak a language akin to the Zinkalo the Southern Gypsies. The Cherkess have much in common with the Norn who have accepted them into their larger culture.
Norn
Skalo - Southern gypsies. So genetically different you'd think they were entirely unrelated. [That's because they are. The ONLY thing the Zinkalo have in common with the Cherkess is they are both called Gypsies and their mysterious ways and some general disdain for people who live tied to one place.] The Zinkalo are travelers and nearly always entertainers with talents ranging far and wide, but most commonly involving storytelling, acting, and music. They travel in large groups known as troupes, roaming the country in wagon trains. They generally trade food and lodging in return for entertainment.
Norn
Ethangari - Arabs, Bedouin, Tribal people. Blessed by wealth, knowledge, and power. Perhaps too educated to be entirely healthy. These people are the paramount sophisticated and civilized people of the world. Although unlike the southern races they still hold many ties to their own age of barbarism. Without a doubt some of these people cling to the mysteries was of dark ritual magic, as well as have some opinions they like to foist on common men. For example, they are convinced the whole world would be better off if everyone could read. More than likely an Ethangari would run into a burning building to save a book.
Ethangari
Tieshan - (Mongols and Han). Competing with the Ethangari for most knowledgeable and but slightly less sophisticated the Tieshan are only less like the Ethangari due to that they are not ruled by a passel of divine powers. The Tieshan 'gods' are not beneficial beings, per se, they are actively trying to end this world but are being held in abeyance of its destruction by the Scarlet Empress. The ruler of Tieshan is in near constant negotiations with the Five God Kings for the disposition of all the mortal souls of in her Empire.
Cathay
Most people who speak Tieshan in the frontier are of two sorts,
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Make certain to review the revised skill Linguistics
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