According to Forgotten Realms lore as well as the rules found in PHB (see below), Aquan/Auran/Ignan/Terran are simply dialects of Primordial, and any creature that understands either Primordial or one of the dialects understands all other dialects as well as Primordial.
Is primordial the same as Aquan?
Primordial was the language of primordials and elementals. It was also considered a language family, so that the elemental languages Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran were considered a group of dialects of Primordial.
Can water Genasi speak aquan?
Aquan was a flowing language full of subtleties of meaning. Aquatic elves, hadozee, merfolk, tritons, water genasi, and locathah all spoke Aquan.
Who speaks primordial DND?
What Is Primordial 5e Language: The Primordials and the elementals speaks this language. The Giant Language was the databased form of it. The abyssal 5e was the form of primordial warped and also it is twisted by the evil of the abyss.
Can water Genasi drown?
Outlook. Water genasi take pride in their special abilities and can be boastful if in the right mood. Tougher than Humans and able to breathe water, these genasi sometimes view Human sailors and naval merchants as vulnerable fools who are as likely to drown at sea as they are to get seasick.
Why are there no other languages in DND 5e?
It seems to indicate that Primordial is actually the language of elementals in 5E, but the Monster Manual seems to suggest otherwise by listing Auran as the language of Air Elementals, Aquan for Water Elementals, etc. If Primordial is a starting choice, why aren’t those other related languages?
What are the languages of the four elemental planes?
Some of these languages are actually families of languages with many dialects. For example, the Primordial language includes the Auran, Aquan, Ignan, and Terran dialects, one for each of the four elemental planes.
How many languages do monsters know in DND beyond?
DnD Beyond allows you to search through monsters and one of the search settings there (under “show advanced filters”) is to sort by languages; using this we can conclude the following (note that 29 monsters know all languages and are included in each one of these totals):
What are the official languages available to Eberron?
Eberron’s Common Languages 1 Common (PHB) 2 Dwarvish (PHB) 3 Elvish (PHB) 4 Giant (PHB) 5 Goblin (PHB) 6 Orc (dead language, PHB) 7 Infernal (PHB) 8 Riedran (WGtE) 9 Quori (WGtE)
