I lean towards there being more or less one common Eorzean language (minus the beastmen tribes, Padjal, and fanon languages). There could be a number of dialects, but we don't really see anything amongst the playable races.Â
-The Elezen have a French flavor to their names, but any sort of barrier to communication is never mentioned.Â
-The Roegadyn language is specifically mentioned as being used exclusively in names, having otherwise died off.Â
-The Miqo'te language apparently shared the same 26 letters as the Eorzean alphabet (with slightly different pronunciations), which they adopted.Â
-And the Lalafell are mentioned as having once had vowels that they no longer use, implying to me that the language which used those vowels is no longer in use either.
-We do see and hear reference to beastmen languages and, maybe, a Garlean language, but we are also explicitly able to understand them via the Echo, which your particular character may or may not have. In fact, the only language we ever hear (which we still understand via subtitles, but which we do in fact hear) is the Ascian language.
It's frustratingly unrealistic to me as a linguist-to-be, but we really don't know how large an area the total geography of Eorzea occupies and they do have fast travel capabilities and a method of instant communication (the linkshells/pearls), so those would play a role, as they have in the real world, in wilting away a number of languages.
-The Elezen have a French flavor to their names, but any sort of barrier to communication is never mentioned.Â
-The Roegadyn language is specifically mentioned as being used exclusively in names, having otherwise died off.Â
-The Miqo'te language apparently shared the same 26 letters as the Eorzean alphabet (with slightly different pronunciations), which they adopted.Â
-And the Lalafell are mentioned as having once had vowels that they no longer use, implying to me that the language which used those vowels is no longer in use either.
-We do see and hear reference to beastmen languages and, maybe, a Garlean language, but we are also explicitly able to understand them via the Echo, which your particular character may or may not have. In fact, the only language we ever hear (which we still understand via subtitles, but which we do in fact hear) is the Ascian language.
It's frustratingly unrealistic to me as a linguist-to-be, but we really don't know how large an area the total geography of Eorzea occupies and they do have fast travel capabilities and a method of instant communication (the linkshells/pearls), so those would play a role, as they have in the real world, in wilting away a number of languages.
