WoD: World Languages

Version 1.0 By Charles W. Plemons III (mailto:%20black.falcon@home.com) Produced by the Black Falcon Aerie; http://www.wku.edu/~charles/ Version 1.0 November 15, 2000 Authors Notes After years of playing the World of Darkness games (i.e. Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, etc.), I have realized that my knowledge of languages is lacking. For examble, most times any Assamite characters I've created have had the ability to speak "Arabic". I decided to do a little bit of research and find out some of the languages spoken around the world. This list can be used for any WoD game using the standard rules. I have always used a "house rule" for languages. Rather than having a Language knowledge, I count every language as a Secondary knowledge. Each character starts with 5 dots in their native language and may learn other languages by spending Freebie and Experience points. I have always felt this is a more realistic way to handle languages, giving players a degree of knowledge in each language rather than fluency with points in Language. The table lists countries along with the primary or official languages in each. Some languages will cross over in countries. Please realize that this is not a comprehensive list, and in many cases it has been simplified for game play. For example, the variations of Tai in Thailand are simply listed as one language. Languages that are listed in BOLD type are primary languages or languages used be a large percentage of the population. Please visit my web page (http://www.wku.edu/~charles/) for updates of this and other World of Darkness projects. This may be freely distributed by anyone in any format as long as credit is given to the author but cannot be distributed for profit for any reason. Language List World Langauges Country Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Belgium Bermuda Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile China Congo Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Fiji Finland France Germany Greece Haiti Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia

Languages Angloromani, English, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kriol, Malay Allemannisch, Bavarian, German, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian Bahamas Creole, English Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Chakma, Sylhetti Dutch, French, German English Amapa Creole, Portuguese, Vlach Romani, Cham, Khmer, Mandarin, Mnong Algonquin, Blackfoot, Dakota (Sioux), German, English, French, Mohawk, Ojibwa Huilliche, Rapa Nui, Spanish, Vlach Romani, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Mandarin, Min Nan, Wu, Xiang French, Kongo, Koozime, Lingala, Munukutuba, Ngbaka, Teke Lucumi (secret Santeria ritual), Spanish Danish, German, Traveller Danish Haitian Creole, Samana English, Spanish Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Domari, Egyptian Arabic, Nobiin English, Fijian, Fijian Hindi Finnish, Kalo Finnish Romani, Saami, Swedish Alsatian, Breton, Corsican, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Portugeuse, Balkan Romani, Vlach Romani Balkan Romani, Bavarian, Danish, Frankish, German, Polish, Saxon, Sinte Romani, Vlach Romani, Yiddish Albanian, Balkan Romani, Bulgarian, Greek, Pontic, Macedo Romanian, Romano-Greek, Slavic, Turkish, Vlach Romani Haitian Creole, French Cantonese, English, Hakka, Mandarin, Min Nan Icelandic Assamese, Awadhi, Bengali, Bihari, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi, Deccan, Dogri-Kangri, Domari, Garhwali, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari, Nepali, Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu Bali, Betawi, Cantonese, Indonesian, Javanese, Mandarin, Mandura, Sunda

Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Korea Mexico Mongolia Myanmar Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Palau Panama Peru Puerto Rico Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Solomon Islands Spain Sri Lanka South Africa Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vietnam Western Samoa Ancient/Classical Langauges Dead Languages

Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Balochi, Domari, Farsi, Gilaki, Kurdi, Kurmanji, Luri, Mazanderani, Pashto, Turkmen English, Gaelic Arabic, English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Judeo-Georgian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Yiddish Albanian, Bavarian, Corsican, French, Fruilian, German, Italian, Ligurian, Lombard, NeapolitanCalabrese, Piemontese, Sicilian, Venetian English, Western Caribbean Creole Japanese, Korean, Okinawan German, Kazakh, Sinte Romani, Uyghur Korean Chatino, Chinanteco, Chol, Huasteco, Maya, Mazahua, Mazateco, Mixteco, Nahuatl (Aztec), Spanish, Vlach Romani, Zapoteco Buriat, Kalmyk-Oirat, Kazakh, Mandarin, Mongol, Russian, Tuvin Arkanese, Burmese, Hani, Jingpho, Karen, Shan Dutch, Frisian, Saxon, Sinte Romani, Vlach Romani English, Maori Adamawa Fulfulde, Agatu, Alago, Anaang, Bana, Bata, Berom, Bokobaru, Ebira, Edo, Efik, English, Hausa, Ibibio, Igbo, Kanuri, Nupe, Shuwa Arabic, Tiv, Yoruba Norwegian, Saami, Traveller Norwegian, Vlach Romani Bagri, Balochi, Balti, Brahui, Farsi, Gujarati, Gujari, Hindko, Kashmiri, Panjabi, Pashto, Saraiki, Shina, Sindhi, Urdu English, Palauan, Sonsorol Hakka, Cantonese, Guaymi, Kuna, Spanish, Western Carribean Creole Aymara, Quechua, Spanish English, Spanish Baltic Romani, Belorussian, Carpathian Romani, German, Kashubian, Polish, Sinte Romani, Ukranian, Vlach Romani Portuguese, Vlach Romani Bulgarian, Carpathian Romani, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Vlach Romani Bashkir, Chechen, Chuvash, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Tartar, Udmurt, Vlach Romani Arabic Cantonese, English, Hakka, Japanese, Malay, Mandarin, Min Nan, Tamil, Thai Babatana, English, Malu Basque, Catalonian, Galician, Spanish English, Sinhala, Sri Lankan Malay, Tamil Afrikaans, English, Hindi, Sotho, Swati, Tamil, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Zulu Kalo Finnish Romani, Saami, Swedish, Traveller Swedish, Vlach Romani French, German, Italian, Lombard, Sinte Romani, Schwyzerdutsch Amis, Bunun, Hakka, Japanese, Mandarin, Min Nan, Paiwan, Taroko Hakka, Khmer, Malay, Min Nan, Tai, Thai, Urdu Antillean Creole, Caribbean Hindi, English, Trinidad Creole Arabic, Balkan Romani, Bulgarian, Domari, Kirmanjki, Kurmanji, Tartar, Turkish Carpathian Romani, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainain, Vlach Romani Cornish, English, Gaelic, Vlach Romani, Welsh Apache, Blackfoot, Cajun French, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Cree, Crow, Dakota (Sioux), English, German, Hawaii Creole, Hawaiian, Hopi, Inuktitut, Keres, Louisanna French Creole, Mohawk, Navaho, Russian, Spanish, Vlach Romani, Zuni Cantonese, Iu Mien, Jarai, Khmer, Nung, Tai Daeng, Tai Don, Vietnamese English, Samoan Akkadian, Aramaic, Avestan, Etruscan, Gothic, Hurrian, Latin, Lycian, Parthian, Pelasgian, Phrygian, Scythian, Sogdian, Sumerian, Trojan, Urartian