Oh, whoops, when I replied to the thread I totally. . . misread it. To be fair, I was tired, but eh. I made the assumption that there were multiple languages. I take it how I take Europe or the US today (or, generally, any major multi-ethnic place) -- we have major languages today that are spoken in multiple countries, but there are also other languages present. Don't count out languages so fast! While it is true that languages die out every day (and so, so sad), it is also true that it would be exceedingly difficult to kill off all but one language for diverse population groups. For srs. So while I would theoretically say that there wouldn't be a barrier due to one language being used as the trade language/popular language (think English or, say, Mandarin in some parts of the world), I also wouldn't say that it was the only one present in major cities.
Yes, yes, all the npcs speak a language you're familiar with, but I'd put that down to necessary mechanics. Chris Metzen put it really well one year at Blizzcon when someone asked about some lore tidbit, and he said 'no, of course there wouldn't be warlocks with their demon pets wandering around major cities -- the guards would be all over that.' So I see this in the same way. There's no real reason to bring it up, it would probably be more complicated than not to put it into a quest, they even implemented ways to get around language (echo) so that they never have to deal with it.
But that's just how I choose to see it.
Yes, yes, all the npcs speak a language you're familiar with, but I'd put that down to necessary mechanics. Chris Metzen put it really well one year at Blizzcon when someone asked about some lore tidbit, and he said 'no, of course there wouldn't be warlocks with their demon pets wandering around major cities -- the guards would be all over that.' So I see this in the same way. There's no real reason to bring it up, it would probably be more complicated than not to put it into a quest, they even implemented ways to get around language (echo) so that they never have to deal with it.
But that's just how I choose to see it.
