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Originally Posted by cptbutton
Over on Storium I've gotten into a Traveller game.
I was wondering what languages my PC might speak. Current date 1115 Imperial.
PC - traditional transrift Aslan, outcast starport guttersnipe, space pirate with non-Aslans, Darrian prisoner on Torment.
Brief web research tells me: Obviously he'll speak Trokh, and at least one of Trade Vilani, Anglic, and Basic Sylean. In game it is established that the Darrians will teach prisoners Anglic if necessary, so that is presumably de facto language on Torment.
The origin of his deceased fellow pirates hasn't been determined, except that one was a Sword Worlder.
Any thoughts on which other languages he might speak? He is not the sort to learn languages with an immediate reason to.
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You've covered the ones that it's unlikely he wouldn't have (Trokh as native tongue and Galanglic in the starport, useful everywhere). If you want justification for more, you're already on the right track. Something other than Galanglic from his guttersnipe days (the local language whatever it is, could be Vilani), the common language on the pirate ship whatever that is, and the Anglic taught by the Darrians. The common language on Torment
could be Darrian (
te-Zapet) even if the Darrians teach prisoners Galanglic.
Hans