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<p>Created page with &quot;Unlike other skills, languages can not default from other languages. Each must be learned separately. * Verbal {Language} (See below) * Written {Language} (See below) The lang...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Unlike other skills, languages can not default from other languages. Each must be learned separately.<br /> * Verbal {Language} (See below)<br /> * Written {Language} (See below)<br /> The language skills are broken up into verbal and written language. Verbal language represents listening and speaking, while Written Language reprents reading and writing. The chart below shows definitions for the levels of these skills:<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! style=&quot;width: 75px&quot;|Level<br /> ! style=&quot;width:250px; text-align: left&quot;|Description<br /> ! style=&quot;width:100px; text-align: left&quot;|Native Speaker<br /> ! style=&quot;width:200px; text-align: left&quot;|Second Language<br /> |-<br /> | 1<br /> | Uses isolated memorized words and phrases, no creation of unique language.<br /> | Toddler<br /> | No functional fluency<br /> |-<br /> | 2<br /> | Use of phrase and short sentences; limited creation of unique language<br /> | Kindergartener<br /> | Survival level language; hard to make self understood to those not used to dealing with foreigners<br /> |-<br /> | 3<br /> | Uses full sentences; speaks on concrete topics (who, what, etc.?); free creation of unique language<br /> | Middle Schooler<br /> | Speaks with strong accent that may confuse those not used to dealing with foreigners<br /> |-<br /> | 4<br /> | Uses full paragraphs; speaks on abstract, familiar topics (why, how, what if?)<br /> | High Schooler<br /> | Speaks with pronounced accent, though fewer people have difficulty understanding<br /> |-<br /> | 5<br /> | Functional fluency and accuracy<br /> | High School Graduate<br /> | Speaks with noticeable accent, almost no one has trouble understanding<br /> |-<br /> | 6<br /> | Strong fluency and accuracy; minimum level for magic use<br /> | College Graduate<br /> | Speaks with weak accent; none have trouble understanding<br /> |-<br /> | 7<br /> | Scholarly language use; uses one professional language (doctor, lawyer) correctly if educated as well<br /> | Post-Graduate Education<br /> | Speaks with barely detectable accent, none have trouble understanding<br /> |-<br /> | 8<br /> | Scholarly language use; uses two professional languages correctly if educated as well<br /> | Erudite<br /> | Indistinguishable from native speaker<br /> |}<br /> Notes:<br /> * Higher language levels allow further numbers of professional languages (assuming appropriate education)<br /> * Above descriptions refer to speaking only. For writing levels, “accent” refers to number of grammar, spelling, punctuation mistakes, etc.<br /> <br /> ==Languages==<br /> ===Non-Verbal===<br /> * American Sign Language<br /> <br /> ===Alagonkian===<br /> * Alagonkin<br /> * Arapho<br /> * Blackfoot<br /> * Cheyenne<br /> * Cree<br /> * Micmac<br /> * Mohican<br /> * Ojibwa<br /> * Shawnee<br /> * Wiyot<br /> * Yurok<br /> <br /> ===Athabascan===<br /> * Apache Chipewyan Navaho<br /> <br /> ===Caddoan===<br /> * Caddo Pawnee Wichita<br /> <br /> ===Chukchi===<br /> * Chukchi<br /> <br /> ===Eskimo===<br /> * Eskimo<br /> <br /> ===Muskogean===<br /> * Chickasaw<br /> * Choctaw<br /> * Creek<br /> * Seminole<br /> <br /> ===Salish===<br /> * Chehalis<br /> * Okanagon<br /> * Salish<br /> <br /> ===Slouan===<br /> * Catawba<br /> * Crow<br /> * Dakota<br /> * Hidatsa<br /> * Omaha<br /> * Osage<br /> <br /> ===Tsimsian===<br /> * Tsimshian<br /> <br /> ===Uto-Atzecan===<br /> * Aztec<br /> * Comanche<br /> * Hopi Paiute<br /> * Papago<br /> * Pipa<br /> * Shoshoni<br /> * Ute<br /> <br /> ===Zuni===<br /> * Zuni<br /> <br /> ===Armenian===<br /> * Armenian<br /> <br /> ===Baltic===<br /> * Estonian<br /> * Latvian<br /> * Lithuanian<br /> <br /> ===Greek===<br /> * Greek<br /> <br /> ===Slavic===<br /> * Bulgarian<br /> * Belorussian<br /> * Czech<br /> * Georgian<br /> * Macedonian<br /> * Polish<br /> * Russian<br /> * Serbo-Croation<br /> * Slovak<br /> * Slovene<br /> * Ukranian<br /> <br /> ===Turkic===<br /> * Azerbijani<br /> * Chuvash<br /> * Kazakh<br /> * Kirshiz<br /> * Tatar<br /> * Turki<br /> * Turkish<br /> * Uzbek<br /> * Yakut<br /> <br /> ===Ugrian===<br /> * Magyar<br /> * Ostyak<br /> * Vogul<br /> <br /> ===Basque===<br /> * Basque<br /> <br /> ===Celtic===<br /> * Breton<br /> * Gaelic<br /> * Welsh<br /> <br /> ===Finnic===<br /> * Cheremis<br /> * Finnish<br /> * Karellan<br /> * Lapp<br /> * Livonian<br /> * Mordvin<br /> * Veps<br /> * Votyak<br /> * Zyrlan<br /> <br /> ===Germanic===<br /> * Afrikaans<br /> * Danish<br /> * Dutch<br /> * English<br /> * Flemish<br /> * German<br /> * Icelandic<br /> * Norwegian<br /> * Swedish<br /> * Yiddish<br /> <br /> ===Romance===<br /> * Catalan<br /> * French<br /> * Galician<br /> * Italian<br /> * Portugese<br /> * Proven&amp;#215;al<br /> * Rumanian<br /> * Spanish<br /> <br /> ===Dravidian===<br /> * Gondi<br /> * Kannada<br /> * Kurukh<br /> * Malayalam<br /> <br /> ===Khoisan===<br /> * Bushman<br /> * Hadza<br /> * Hottentot<br /> * Nama<br /> * Sandawe<br /> <br /> ===Niger-Kordofanian===<br /> * Anyl<br /> * Ashanti<br /> * Azande<br /> * Bassa<br /> * Baule<br /> * Bemba<br /> * Birom<br /> * Bulu<br /> * Efik<br /> * Ewe<br /> * Fang<br /> * Fante<br /> * Fula<br /> * Ganda<br /> * Ibo<br /> * Igbo<br /> * Kikyu<br /> * Kituba<br /> * Kongo<br /> * Kpele<br /> * Kru<br /> * Luba<br /> * Lunda<br /> * Makua<br /> * Mande<br /> * Mbundu<br /> * Mende<br /> * More<br /> * Mossi<br /> * Ngala<br /> * Ngbaudi<br /> * Myamwezi-Sukuma<br /> * Nyanja<br /> * Rundi<br /> * Rwanda<br /> * Shona<br /> * Sotho<br /> * Sukuma<br /> * Swahili<br /> * Temme<br /> * Tiv<br /> * Tswana<br /> * Twi<br /> * Wolof<br /> * Xhosa<br /> * Yao<br /> * Yoruba<br /> * Zande<br /> * Zulu<br /> <br /> ===Nilotic===<br /> * Bagimi<br /> * Dinka<br /> * Fur<br /> * Kanembu<br /> * Kanuri<br /> * Koman<br /> * Luo<br /> * Maban<br /> * Masal<br /> * Nuer<br /> * Sango<br /> * Shilluk<br /> * Songhai<br /> * Wadai<br /> <br /> ===Papuan===<br /> * Dayak<br /> * Negrito<br /> * Papua<br /> <br /> ===Hamitic===<br /> * Beja<br /> * Berber<br /> * Galla<br /> * Hausa<br /> * Somali<br /> * Tuareng<br /> <br /> ===Indo-Iranian===<br /> * Baluchi<br /> * Kurdish<br /> * Persian<br /> * Pushtu<br /> <br /> ===Semitic===<br /> * Amharic<br /> * Arabic<br /> * Harafi<br /> * Hebrew<br /> * Neo-Aramic<br /> * Tigre<br /> * Tirginya<br /> <br /> ===Indic===<br /> * Assamese<br /> * Bengali<br /> * Bhili<br /> * Gujarti<br /> * Hindi<br /> * Konkani<br /> * Marathi<br /> * Oriya<br /> * Punjabi<br /> * Rajasthani<br /> * Sindhi<br /> * Sinhalese<br /> * Urdu<br /> <br /> ===Japanese===<br /> * Japanese<br /> <br /> ===Korean===<br /> * Korean<br /> <br /> ===Mon-Khmer===<br /> * Khmer<br /> * Mon Annamese<br /> <br /> ===Mongolic===<br /> * Khalkha<br /> <br /> ===Sino-Tebetian===<br /> * Burmese<br /> * Cantonese<br /> * Hakka<br /> * Kashmiri<br /> * Lao<br /> * Mandarin<br /> * Min<br /> * Nepali<br /> * Shan<br /> * Thai<br /> * Tebetian<br /> * Wu Yueh<br /> <br /> ===Malayo-Polynesian===<br /> * Bahasa<br /> * Cebnuano<br /> * Ilocano<br /> * Javanese<br /> * Kiriwina<br /> * Madurese<br /> * Malayan<br /> * Maori<br /> * Melanesian<br /> * Micronesian<br /> * Misima<br /> * Panay-Hiligaynon<br /> * Polynesian<br /> * Samar-Leyte<br /> * Samoan<br /> * Sundanese<br /> * Tagalog<br /> * Taluga<br /> <br /> ===Mayan===<br /> * Guatemalan<br /> * Kekchi<br /> * Mam<br /> * Quich-Tzutujil-Cakique<br /> * Yucatan<br /> <br /> ===Oto-Manguan===<br /> * Mixtec<br /> * Otomi<br /> * Zapotec<br /> <br /> ===South American Indian===<br /> * Arowkan<br /> * Cariban<br /> * Quechua<br /> * Tupi-Guarani<br /> <br /> ===Sperethiel===<br /> * Sperethiel</div>

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