Linguistics (talent)

One of the many talents one can acquire, Linguistics will let you study and analyze other languages so that you can master them.

Speaking

To speak in your new language, simply SPEAK <language>. SPEAK by itself will list all languages you know, as well as your rank in that language.

Keep in mind, that while you can speak a language at any rank, you'll often make mistakes in your communication.

Writing

To write in another language, you can WRITE <thing> IN <language>. However, once again, while you can write in a language at any rank, there will often be words you do not yet understand how to write. As such, you'll automatically skip the writing of these words.

Ranks

There are five ranks in Linguistics:

  Untrained
  Elementary
  Intermediate
  Fluent
  Mastered

As you progress through the ranks, you'll find yourself able to understand more words. You will also gain knowledge faster through self-study.

Learning

To learn a language, you'll need to seek out the teacher for that language and then LEARN LANGUAGE OF <language> FROM <teacher>. To learn a language initially, it'll cost 30000 gold sovereigns. After that, you either pay for more lessons, or self-study by listening to other people speak that language and reading texts in that language.

Below is a list of all the language teachers:

Language	Teacher	Location
Atavian	Veyla, a thin bookish Atavian	Aerie
Chiav	Llazuth, the Demon Spider Queen	Black Keep
Dwarf	Rognik, a young Dwarven librarian	Tainhelm
Esmari	Sir Vralin, Knight of the Beacon	Pash Valley
Grecht	Master Atokhases	Siroccians
Grook	Oorangu, the Wise	Ulangi
Horkvali	Xizitioy, the Horkvali poet	Ulangi
Imp	Trevvae, the flautist	Aureliana
Kelki	Aeverie, a kelki scholar	Grand Aetolian Library
Mhun	Lonan, the devout	Moghedu
Rajamala	Tlolteotl, Bard of Saluria	Saluria
Troll	Olam, a male troll librarian	Craneskull
Tsol'aa	Ta'hena, the Tsol'aa sage	Northern Ithmia
Xorani	Lesiv, the Torstonite chieftain	Torston
Djeri	Sarila, Imperial Librarian	Djeir
Fae	Gallynx, Queen of the Faeries	Vintal Glade
Goblin	Glutk, a goblin strategist	Moghedu
Harpy	Kru'lax, the Harpy	Polyargos
Ogre	Balam Agab, the ogre archmage	Grand Aetolian Library
Orc	Darxa, an orc female	Enorian
Sylvan	an Elder Maple	Morgun forest