The Naming Conventions for Miqo'te and Roegadyn, as well as some fishing lore for Lalafell mention that each of these races have their own language, which - for the most part, has been forgotten by most Eorzean members of those races. This language may still be spoken in other parts of the world, but in Eorzea, most of the languages have been lost or drowned out in the common tongue.
We can assume the other races have their own native tongue as well. As for Domans, they have various Japanese words which they use and likely speak "Doman" when in Othard, but this would more closely represent a national language instead of a racial language, since Domans aren't a race. While it is possible that at some point, every nation in Eorzea and beyond spoke their own language, "Eorzean" seems to be the prevalent common tongue - at least to Eorzea and foreign merchants/refugees who have chosen to live here.
EDIT: Damnit Franz.
There's also all of the Beastmen languages.
Sylphs speak High Sylphic.
Sahagin have Bloodcant, which several Reaver pirates picked up and learned to speak in 1.0.
The Dravanians have their own language.
So I think it's highly likely (seeing as how Fernehalwes is an avid linguist) that each of the races or city-states had their own language at some point in history, however recently or not. As for the Roegadyn language, though much of the words have been forgotten, it's still common enough knowledge passed down that each of their children is named using words and phrases from their old tongue, so I'd say it could be still in use in some parts of the world.
Quote:The first name is always proceeded by a letter representing their tribe. In the mass exodus which occurred during the Fifth Umbral Era, 26 Seeker of the Sun tribes crossed the seas (which had frozen solid as a result of the Calamity) to Eorzea in search of food and warmer climates. The names of these tribes contained many sounds which were difficult to represent with the existing Eorzean alphabet; but the fact that there were the same exact number of tribes as letters in the Eorzean alphabet was taken as a sign that they were destined to make the new realm their home, and so assigned each tribe with a letter/sound that was closest to its name. Over time, this resulted in the changing of the pronunciation to more closely resemble the pronunciation of the Eorzean letter than that of the original word.-Miqo'te Naming Conventions
Quote:Sea Wolf names are actually all formed from two words taken from the ancient Roegadyn language that the race's ancestors spoke before they came to Eorzea.-Roegadyn Naming Conventions
Quote:Monke Onke
A giant freshwater fish found in the tepid rivers and lakes of the Black Shroud. Gridanian records state that the first monke onke was brought to the Black Shroud by the realm's first Lalafellin settlers, the name monke onke meaning "friendship" in the settlers' native tongue.
We can assume the other races have their own native tongue as well. As for Domans, they have various Japanese words which they use and likely speak "Doman" when in Othard, but this would more closely represent a national language instead of a racial language, since Domans aren't a race. While it is possible that at some point, every nation in Eorzea and beyond spoke their own language, "Eorzean" seems to be the prevalent common tongue - at least to Eorzea and foreign merchants/refugees who have chosen to live here.
EDIT: Damnit Franz.
There's also all of the Beastmen languages.
Sylphs speak High Sylphic.
Sahagin have Bloodcant, which several Reaver pirates picked up and learned to speak in 1.0.
The Dravanians have their own language.
So I think it's highly likely (seeing as how Fernehalwes is an avid linguist) that each of the races or city-states had their own language at some point in history, however recently or not. As for the Roegadyn language, though much of the words have been forgotten, it's still common enough knowledge passed down that each of their children is named using words and phrases from their old tongue, so I'd say it could be still in use in some parts of the world.
