I'm kinda iffy about language barriers because they're never really represented in FFXIV at all beyond say, beast tribes and dragons.
All of the Domans who sailed over appear to be speaking the same common language as Eorzeans, albeit a dialect that's a little different. (But still intelligible!)
People from Sharlayan and Thavnair appear to have no issues with communication as well. Heck, even Garleans appear to be mostly speaking the language right, although one could imagine that they'd of course have studied the common language of any lands they were going to conquer.
So far, the only "people" we've seen speaking another language have been some tempered souls from Meracydia that Sophia had gotten control of. And Urianger was first to claim that it was an archaic dialect at that.
For the most part, I think people are pretty much speaking the same language all around. At least currently. Rather than a language barrier, I would suggest a language impediment. (And for the love of the Twelve, not a s-s-stutter because they really don't work that way.) Perhaps your character had never been formally educated. Or never learned to speak correctly. Or perhaps she has difficulty pronouncing things because she didn't speak very often. Or she has trouble generating the speech sounds themselves. There are a variety of ways you can give a character difficulty using a language without just "not knowing it." Because as far as we see, all the spoken races that have made it to Eorzea aren't really having trouble with it. (Even the beast tribes are basically fluent, even if they have some quirks).
All of the Domans who sailed over appear to be speaking the same common language as Eorzeans, albeit a dialect that's a little different. (But still intelligible!)
People from Sharlayan and Thavnair appear to have no issues with communication as well. Heck, even Garleans appear to be mostly speaking the language right, although one could imagine that they'd of course have studied the common language of any lands they were going to conquer.
So far, the only "people" we've seen speaking another language have been some tempered souls from Meracydia that Sophia had gotten control of. And Urianger was first to claim that it was an archaic dialect at that.
For the most part, I think people are pretty much speaking the same language all around. At least currently. Rather than a language barrier, I would suggest a language impediment. (And for the love of the Twelve, not a s-s-stutter because they really don't work that way.) Perhaps your character had never been formally educated. Or never learned to speak correctly. Or perhaps she has difficulty pronouncing things because she didn't speak very often. Or she has trouble generating the speech sounds themselves. There are a variety of ways you can give a character difficulty using a language without just "not knowing it." Because as far as we see, all the spoken races that have made it to Eorzea aren't really having trouble with it. (Even the beast tribes are basically fluent, even if they have some quirks).
