Timeline for Is there a root language from which multiple Forgotten Realms languages were derived?
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| Jan 20, 2017 at 6:18 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | This relates to a thought of mine. For some cultures, there is a ‘classical’ language on which coiners of specialized vocab can draw freely: Latin, Greek, Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese. (Others?) I've wondered whether there's any interesting difference between such cultures and those without such a well; and now, whether it makes a difference whether that language is ancestral or not. | |
| Jan 20, 2017 at 4:48 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackRPG/status/822304882866565120 | ||
| Jan 19, 2017 at 22:06 | comment | added | mxyzplk | Well, the problem is that there's no answer for "5e in general" or "D&D in general" - in isolation from a setting rules are just random rules. This can be answered meaningfully in the context of e.g. FR. However, since the OP is playing in a homebrew setting, it's questionable whether that's relevant. | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 21:12 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | I'm not sure that revising this to be about the Forgotten Realms is the correct maneuver for this question. The Realms is not actually the default setting of D&D 5e, and this is particularly evident when it comes to languages — note that the language list in PHB chapter 4 is incompatible with the language list of the Realms. There does not appear to be an answer for D&D 5e by itself (especially in a homebrew setting!), but switching this to be about a setting that has an answer does not appear to be a valid RPG.se administrative move. | |
| S Jan 19, 2017 at 20:24 | history | suggested | chif-ii | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Changed title, deleted some tags which were superfluous to the true question (which is about the Realms, not 5th edition)
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 19:59 | comment | added | chif-ii | To be clear, this is about the in-universe evolution of the various languages spoken in the Forgotten Realms, and not "What real-life languages did the writers draw upon for inspiration," correct? | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 19:09 | answer | added | John Dallman | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 19:01 | history | edited | doppelgreener | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:48 | vote | accept | Alex | ||
| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:31 | comment | added | doppelgreener | I am adding the Forgotten Realms & Lore tags, as D&D implements Forgotten Realms and the answers about languages are probably more available in the material for the setting than in the game rules (if they exist). | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:30 | history | edited | doppelgreener |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:28 | answer | added | Zeiss Ikon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:24 | answer | added | rogueone1 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:07 | history | edited | doppelgreener |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:04 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:02 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 18:00 | history | edited | Alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2017 at 17:48 | history | asked | Alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |