This is easy enough to reconcile for JP players as Eorzeans simply speaking a different form of Japanese, essentially. But it's important to note that the translation convention is in place. Eorzeans are not using English, nor are Domans using Japanese. When the game uses such a term untranslated, it is attempting to approximate meaning and intelligibility. There's definitely a unique language there, but it's not Japanese so much as Japanese is the best equivalent for it. That's generally what players have been trying to do. You could read the paragraph and argue Eorzean Hyur speak weird fantasy Japanese rather than English; that's even basically how it looks to the JP players, most likely. Yet the names don't reflect this, which leads to the same problem. So the paragraph isn't really useful or specific enough to argue either culture of Hyurs speaks or does not speak a different language entirely on top of a shared language.
The thought occurred to me too. It might be that Doman and the Ninja ability language is not the same,as they originated from an island community in the Far East, not Doma. So the other tongue Oboro refers to could be something else and Doman could refer to a dialect of common. That doesn't remove the naming problem but it's an interesting thought. Square is already vague enough on whether Far East is synonymous with Doma or refers to a region that Doma was in.
Even in this case though, the only thing the paragraph tells us for certain is that Domans do not have trouble understanding the Eorzeans. So the idea of struggling to learn Hyuran common isn't really canon.
The thought occurred to me too. It might be that Doman and the Ninja ability language is not the same,as they originated from an island community in the Far East, not Doma. So the other tongue Oboro refers to could be something else and Doman could refer to a dialect of common. That doesn't remove the naming problem but it's an interesting thought. Square is already vague enough on whether Far East is synonymous with Doma or refers to a region that Doma was in.
Even in this case though, the only thing the paragraph tells us for certain is that Domans do not have trouble understanding the Eorzeans. So the idea of struggling to learn Hyuran common isn't really canon.
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