All characters begin play speaking Midani, the “common tongue” of Zakhara. Starting characters may know one additional language, and have the potential to learn up to 3+Int mod (min 2) languages.

Possible languages include:

Racial languages:
    Dwarven
    Elven
    Halfling

Eastern barbarian tongues:
    Shou Lung
    Kosukaran
    Hai Yuan
    T'u Lung

Western barbarian tongues:
    Chultish
    Maztican
    Cormyrin
    Haldarian
    Moonshea

Near-barbarian tongues:
    A number of languages spoken by unenlightened hill and desert tribes, this should be the second choice of most barbarians)

Ancient languages:
    Chun
    Middle Midani
    Old Midani
    Nog
    Kadhar
    Old Afyal
    Elven