(01-22-2017, 11:04 AM)undefined Wrote:(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.
Okay my wording was off (like how I referred to Hyedalyn as Eorzea) but ultimately my point is that this common, Hyuran language is even more universal than English in the real world. Yeah you've got regional native languages here and there, but the primary language is one so universal, so unopposed, that there's not even a name for it. It's literally just "the common tongue," as you said.
