Standard Languages

Common - Imperial and Northern Dialects

• Imperial Common has a more French accent, and humans hailing from that region or with Imperial ancestry tend to have more French-style names. Family names tend to be more Eladrin in nature, and thus use a more Elven convention.

• Northern Common is harsh and more Nordic, and humans from Hrim tend to have Norse-style names.

Eladrin - uses Elven script

• Names use the Elven conventions; good examples can be found in Xanathar's Guide to Everything.

Dwarven - uses Dwarven runes

• Imperial Dwarven is a softer dialect, similar to the softening of Imperial Common. Imperial clan names are distinct from those commonly found in Hrim.

• Northern Dwarven has more in common with Primordial, thus being more guttural.

Halfling - uses Common alphabet

Hobgoblin - uses Ex script

• The Hobgoblin language sounds much like the Northern Sami language of Scandinavia.

Minotaur - uses Lontara script

Secret Languages

Druidic - uses Elder Futhark runes

• The Hriman Druids of the Old Gods speak this language, as do some elder Fey.

Thieves Cant

Supernal - uses Hebrew alphabet

Exotic Languages

Abyssal - uses Infernal script

Celestial - uses Infernal script

Infernal - uses Infernal script

Primordial - uses Dwarven runes

Sylvan - uses Elven script

Deep Speech - has no written form

Dead Languages

Old Cirean - uses Elder Futhark runes

• The language of the long fallen Cirean Empire, an human empire that ruled much of northern Vandalmál long before the arrival of the Eladrin. The Keldon tribes of Hrim speak a modern variant of this language, closely related enough to understand Old Cirean texts.