Languages Overview Language Type / Rarity Who Knows Player Learns Written Spoken Mastery Range Notes Common Common Everyone Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Trade language. Dwarven Common Dwarf ancestry, scholars Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Elven Common Elf ancestry, scholars Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Gnomish Common Gnome ancestry Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Halfling Common Halfling ancestry Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Orcish Common Orc ancestry Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Goblin Common Goblin ancestry Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Standard PF2e Sylvan Common Druids, Fey researchers Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Fairly common around older forests Moonrest Tongue Regional / Common Moonrest locals Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Born in Moonrest Fishermen Coastal traders Refugees who have lived there several years It is essentially Common with enough unique words that outsiders immediately sound foreign. High Imperial Regional / Common Old Language - Fallen Kingdoms Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 Used in: Government records Noble houses Historical texts Old military writings A noble from elsewhere would almost certainly know this. Northern Speech Regional / Common Spoken throughout the northern settlements. Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-2 A traveller arriving from the mainland north would likely know it. Giant Uncommon   Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-3   Draconic Uncommon   Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-3   Priomordial Uncommon / Very Rare   Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-6   Celestial Uncommon   Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-3   Infernal Uncommon   Character or NPC that speaks Yes Yes 1-3   Tide Cant Uncommon A sailor's shorthand. Part spoken language. Part coded phrases. Part hand signs. Tidewarden Maera Partial Yes 1-3 Known by: Sailors Smugglers Pirates Harbourmasters Useful for: Secret messages Ship logs Hidden caches Verdant Speech Uncommon The language of the oldest druids. Shrinekeeper Torv Rarley Yes 1-3 Known by: Circle Druids Ancient Wardens Certain Leshies Not commonly written. Many rituals are oral only. Stone Cant Uncommon An old mining language. Blacsmith NPC doesn’t exist yet Yes Yes 1-3 Known by: Master miners Ancient dwarven clans Tunnel explorers Very useful underground. Hearth Sign Uncommon A silent sign language developed by isolated settlements during harsh winters and hunting expeditions. Garric Fen ?? Poss someone else No Yes 1-3 Known by: Moonrest hunters Rangers Scouts Allows communication without speaking. Scholar's Script Uncommon Less a spoken language than a standard written system. Will Tosscobble - also possibly Herbalist Yselle Marr Yes Rarley 1-3 Likely Inscription specialisation player will want to know Used in: Libraries Universities Arcane colleges A wizard might know it despite never having visited Moonrest. REDACTED LANGUAGE TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC Warden Signs Uncommon Trail markers, warnings and silent communication TBC - When they start to encounter elements / symbols of the language Yes No 1-3   Yes Circle Glyphs Uncommon Ritual markings and sacred sites TBC - When they start to encounter elements / symbols of the language Yes No 1-3 Likely Druid will want to learn Yes Ash Cant Uncommon Funeral symbols and tomb markings Gravekeeper Lysa Venn Yes Yes 1-3 Likely Death Cleric will want to learn Yes Heartwood Rare The "language" of the forest. Learnt - Players possibly may start learning level 1   No Yes 1-5 Not truly spoken. Instead it consists of: pulses vibrations rhythms root patterns harmonic tones Creatures touched by the Heartwood gradually begin to understand fragments. No player can normally start with this. It is earned. Yes First Speech Rare The language spoken before civilisation. TBC - When they start to encounter elements / symbols of the language Yes Yes 1-6 Legends say: Animals Spirits Mountains Storms Trees all understood it. Very little survives. Mostly inscriptions. Further Entries Remain Unknown....