(01-22-2017, 03:50 AM)Teadrinker Wrote: Xaelans are the only ones afaik. A lot of people headcanoned Doma as well but the Lorebook took that out behind the shed.
The lore book did no such thing. "Speak the common tongue of the [Eorzean] Hyur" and "have their own local ancestral language" are not mutually exclusive concepts. "Its culture developed for thousands of years with no influence from the West" and "they spoke the same language all along" are.
General plea: Please stop spreading this quote out of context. It's disingenuous.
(01-22-2017, 03:39 AM)Marisa Wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the races of men in Eorzea have largely adopted a universal language. I mean you of course have your region-specific words, like the Garlean psuedo-latin or the occasional japanese or french the Domans and Ishgardians (respectively) like to throw in, but those are likely hold-overs from their ancestral languages, or divergent dialects resulting from geographic isolation or local culture. Â
Anyway, I'm not away of any race of men that actually has a unique language at this point. Am I wrong?
Yes. You're wrong on that last point. Please read my post.
It's really frustrating to read this thread and feel like everything I'm saying is being ignored, despite being based half in lore from the very book you're all citing, and half in lore you can literally read in the ubiquitous Naming Conventions thread. It alone confirms Roegadyn and Lalafell have their own language, and characterises Roegadyn as dying, but does no such thing for Lalafell. It also strongly implies that Elezen either have or had their own language (because the naming conventions only make sense if they're based in a language with deeper meaning). The rest is from the lore book.
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