Languages

[RUMBLETiGER]

Are there any official sources that describe D&D languages? Provide specific words and phrases?

For example, I know Races of the Wild has some references to Elvish words.

Anything else like this?

 

[Rath the Brown]

Races of the Dragon, and Races of Stone both have small language sections.

The language sections in the Races books appear to copy some of the information originally posted in Dragon magazine: #278 = Dwarf, #279 = Elf, #284 = Draconic.

 

[kitcik]

There's a Tolkien Elvish dictionary, but as to its "officialness..."

 

[RUMBLETiGER]

Thanks for the responses.

Specifically, I'm looking for, of all things, words in Undercommon.

 

[jasper]

Check the Dragon mag around the time vault of the drow was published if you want. Or do what I did. Create your own. I laughed at player who corrected me by quoting a Dragon mag article. Because after all if was in the dragon it was offical and the rules. Thing was I had already created that the world a year or so before the article.

 

[kitcik]

Thanks for the responses.

Specifically, I'm looking for, of all things, words in Undercommon.

Undercommon uses the Elvish alphabet.

Also, try this.

 

[Gray Lensman]

Translator - House Maerdyn
The Drow Language & Drow Names
Scroll down a bit on the second one

 

[Rath the Brown]

Check the Dragon mag around the time vault of the drow was published if you want. Or do what I did. Create your own. I laughed at player who corrected me by quoting a Dragon mag article. Because after all if was in the dragon it was offical and the rules. Thing was I had already created that the world a year or so before the article.

That reminds me, Drow of the Underdark has a language section similar to the ones in the Races books and states that Drow do not have their own language, but 'speak Undercommon and various dialects of Elven'.

 

[Greenfield]

I say you should just go with Klingon. It's as obscure as any other, well documented, and will help earn you geek cred.

 

[was]

tons of online resources