Languages of the Hyborian Age
"Remembering something, the Cimmerian drew forth the roll of parchment he had taken from the mummy and unrolled it carefully, as it seemed ready to fall to pieces with age. He scowled over the dim characters with which it was covered. In his roaming about the world the giant adventurer had picked up a wide smattering of knowledge, particularly including the speaking and reading of many alien tongues. Many a sheltered scholar would have been astonished at the Cimmerian's linguistic abilities, for he had experienced many adventures where knowledge of a strange language had meant the difference between life and death." -- Robert E. Howard: "Jewels of Gwahlur"
Note:Languages marked with an asterisk (*) are ancient or "lost" languages, and requires the DM's approval to be taken by beginning characters.
| Language | Notes |
| Acheronean* | |
| Ancient Stygian* | |
| Aquilonian | |
| Argossean | |
| Atlantean* | |
| Barachan* | A semi-secret language used by the pirate brotherhoods of the Western Ocean. |
| Black Kingdoms (Old Kushite) | The common root language of the Black Kingdom tribes. Each tribe may have its own dialectic variant. |
| Brythunian | |
| Cimmerian | |
| Himelian | Variants of Himelian are spoken in Meru, Afghulistan and Ghulistan. |
| Hyperborean | |
| Hyrkanian | |
| Iranistani | |
| Kambujan | |
| Keshani | |
| Khitani | Also spoken by the Kusani. |
| Kothian | Kothian is also spoken in Ophir, Corinthia, Khauran and Khoraja. |
| Lemurian* | |
| Nemedian | |
| Nordheimr | Variants of Nordheimr are used in Vanaheim and Asgard. |
| Pictish | |
| Shemitish | Shemitish is spoken as a trade language in many of the Black Kingdoms. |
| Stygian | |
| Tongue of the Serpent Men* | |
| Turanian | Turanian is derived from Hyrkanian. |
| Valusian* | |
| Vendhyan | A sub-language of Vendhyan is used in Uttara Kuru and Kosala. |
| Vilayet (Low Turanian) | Vilayet is the tongue of the hill-tribes of the southern Vilayet, including the Drujistani and Yuetshi. It is in fact a dialect of Iranistani. |
| Zamoran | |
| Zembabwan | |
| Zhemri* (Ancient Zamoran) | |
| Zingaran | |
| Zuagir | A sub-dialect of Shemitish, with some Turanian influences. |