| Standard | Speakers | Script | notes |
|---|
| Common | Humans, Halflings | Common | A mix of Elvish, Gnomish, and Dwarvish |
| Undercommon | Underworld traders | Sylvan | Written in French, Spoken in Spanish |
| Dwarvish | Dwarves | Primordial | Straight up 6th century Gaelic... |
| Elvish | Elves | Sylvan | Written in Spanish, Spoken in French |
| Giant | Ogres, Giants, Goblins | Primordial | Old English |
| Gnomish | Gnomes | Primordial | 3rd century Welsh |
| | | |
| Exotic | Speakers | Script | Notes |
| Undead | Undead, Death | Draconic | 21st century Russian |
| Celestial | Celestials | Celestial | I don't know, what does God sound like? |
| Draconic | Dragons, Dragonborn | Draconic | Very guttural |
| Deep Speech | Aboleths, cloakers | - | Mix squid sounds with Mongolian throat singing and philosophy |
| Infernal | Devils, Demons | Infernal | 3 voices overlapped, 1 higher pitched and 1 lower. Higher = Undercommon, Lower = Elvish, Middle = Gnomish. |
| Primordial | Elementals | Primordial | Goidelic |
| Sylvan | Fey creatures | Sylvan | Latin |
| Orquillan | Orqs | Orquillan | Nahuatl (used in tenochtitlan) |