It would be nice if there was a decent list of languages that were related to each other, but you may as well just decide that for your own game depending on what you think provides the most fun.
(I went with a large-scale break down by Sky vs Storm-based languages, and then did it by geography. If you were closer, you had less of a penalty.)
LC
> From: Peter Metcalfe >
> No. They speak a language closer to Tarshite although the Far Pointers
> speak the same language. If you really want to go the language route
> and not fudge it a la HQ p182 then the base language skill is 6 but Sartarites
> have -2 or -3 on understanding Tarshites and Far Pointers whereas they would
> have -1 on understanding Esrolians and Old Pavisites. For languages further
> afield (like Brolian) or for obscure languages (like Tusk Rider or Storm
> Speech)
> then the penalty should be something like -5.
>
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