The major human languages of Alastari are:

Ratani Vann Araoi Rathiri Ferencian Serefa
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Arathan Karelli Frats | Rirot Kannish | Akhaddic
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Diventsa Kyan Tathanit

Frats, or Frafrejan, is the major language of the Andorian League and is spoken in all Andorian cities. Arathan is the ancient language of the Arauki, now used mainly as a priestly or scholarly tongue. Karelli dates from the Krael Empire and is still spoken in Point and Iaye by a few old families. Araoi is the old high elven language, spoken in Fratsfa and very few other places, though its modern descendent Kyan and the related Diventsa are spoken in the Ardiventi Barony. A dialect of Kyan is also spoken in Monuntial and Xochithlan, which have large elven populations.

Kannish is the major language of the Delarquan Federation, though in some of the southern Delarquan cities Rathiri and the trade argot Rirot are common, and in the east Tathanit is also common.

Tathanit, a "made" language which grew up along the trade routes, is the most wide-spread language in the Independent nations, though Kannish is spoken in the south and Frats in the north. Other notable languages in the Independent Nations are the Akhaddic tongue of the Karnhorn Empire, and the Ferencian still spoken in many Karnhorn cities, especially Zuwayza.

Many of the non-human races of Alastari (dwarves, orcs, elithan, karragit, Shewish Giants, etc.) have their own languages, but their populations are so small as to have little effect on language distribution outside their own settlements.

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