This table lists the languages of Norrath, who speaks them, and how to obtain the starter language if it is a language that can be learned.

For a strictly alphabetical list of languages, see. For a list of language quests, see Language Timeline.

Language	Race	Obtained
Antonican	Humans (Good)	PvP only, spoken by inhabitants of Qeynos
Argot	Humans (Exile)	PvP only, spoken by inhabitants of Haven
Ayr'Dal	Half Elves	Player language - start with or buy
Chaos Tongue	Nightbloods	Quest Tapping the Torrent
Common	Humans (Good & Evil)	Regular Servers only, language that all PC's and most NPC's speak
Death's Whisper	Undead	Quest The Whispers of Death, though all evidence indicates only undead in Desert of Flames zones provide the drops
Di'Zokian	Sarnak	Quest Bones, Bones, Everywhere Bones, started by collection A Mysterious Red Tome
Draconic	Dragons	Quest To Speak as a Dragon
Druzaic	The language of magic.	Quest Words of Pure Magic
Dwarven	Dwarves	Player language - start with or buy
Erudian	Erudites	Player language - start with or buy
Faerlie	Fae	Player language - start with or Quest Learning Faerlie
Fayefolk	Fay	Quest The Patchwork Tapestry (Fae and Arasai characters start with this)
Feir'Dal	Wood Elves	Player language - start with or buy
Froak	Kunark Frogloks	Quest Finicky Frogloks, started by collection A Mysterious Green Tome
Gnollish	Gnolls	Quest Bark Like a Gnoll
Gnomish	Gnomes	Player language - start with or buy
Goblish	Goblins	Quest Claiming the Goblish Tongue
Gorwish	Sarnak	Player language - start with or buy
Guktan	Frogloks	Player language - start with or buy
Halasian	Barbarian	Player language - start with or buy
Kerran	Kerran	Player language - start with or buy
Koada'Dal	High Elves	Player language - start with or buy or by doing quest Knowledge of the Past at the end of the Peacock Club Timeline for evil characters.
Krombral	Giants	Quest Words of a Giant
Lucanic	Human (Evil)	PvP only, spoken by inhabitants of Freeport
Oggish	Ogres	Player language - start with or buy
Orcish	Orcs	Quest An Order of Orc Tongue
Ratongan	Ratonga	Player language - start with or buy
Sathirian	Various Kunark NPCs	Quest: Feathers for Sethis, started by collection A Mysterious Black Tome
Screechsong	Harpies	Quest The Scratching of Feathers
Sebilisian	Iksar	Player language - start with or buy
Serilian	Kobolds & Bugbears	Quest Language of the Dust
Stout	Halflings	Player language - start with or buy
Thexian	Dark Elves	Player language - start with or buy. Also Quests: Symbols of the Damned (good) or Mysterious Artifacts (evil)
Thulian	Amygdalan	Quest Fearful Words
Tik-Tok	Clockworks	Quest The Mysteries of Tik-Tok
Uruvanian	Djinn	Quest Words of Air
Volant	Hooluks, Aviaks, and Vultaks	Quest Words of a Feather
Words of Shade	Shadowed Men	Quest Voices from Beyond
Ykeshan	Trolls	Player language - start with or buy