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Two humans talking in Novigrad, using the language known as Common Speech

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Nenneke: You're not learning the local Skellige jargon but classical Elder Speech.
Ciri: And why am I learning the Speech, tell me?
Nenneke: So that you know it. It's fitting to learn things you don't know. Anyone who doesn't know other languages is handicapped.
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- Nenneke and Ciri during the latter's studies, Blood of Elves

A language is both a method and a system of communication used by sentient races. Some became extinct as the time passed, and its native speakers replaced it with a different one.[1]

From the 8th into the 14th century, Common Speech was considered the most widespread language,[2] from Kovir and Poviss in the north, all the way down to Ebbing. By the 16th century though, it is considered an endangered or even dead language.[3]

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Writing systems[]

  • Dwarven runes and ideograms – used in the Dwarvish
  • Elder Runes – used in the Elder Speech and the dryad dialect
  • First Runes – used earlier in the Common Speech
  • Modern alphabet – used later in the Common Speech (and at times other languages too)

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