> At 23:42 20/01/02 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >Is the everyday darktongue spoken by trolls and their ilk a magical,
> >elemental language like Firespeech or Stormspeech?
>
> >The elemental (sacred) languages are known to be very difficult to learn
> >and speak by ordinary mortals.
>
> The elemental languages have not been "very difficult to learn".
No? How about comments like "...a language not made for human tongue"
It certainly doesn't seem very easy to me.
> >To be able to speak in Stormspeech is a
> >sign of great piety among the Orlanthi, for instance. (see TR p6 for
> >instance).
>
> Which simply says Stormspeech is not a language made for human
> tongue.
How easily do you think such languages are learned then. You learn by speaking the language, and by hearing it spoken. It's not like there's textbooks about.
-Adept
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