• You start at 1st level knowing one or two languages (based on your race), plus an additional number of languages equal to your starting Intelligence bonus.
• It costs two skill points to learn a new language.
• A literate character (anyone but a barbarian who has not spent skill points to become literate) can read and write any language she speaks. Each language has an alphabet, though sometimes several spoken languages share a single alphabet.

 

Common Languages and Their Alphabets

Language	Typical Speakers	Alphabet
Abyssal	Demons, chaotic evil outsiders	Infernal
Celestial	Angels, archons, good outsiders	Celestial
Common	Humans, halflings, half-elves, half-orcs, changelings, warforged, shifters	Common
Draconic	Kobolds, troglodytes, lizardfolk, dragons	Draconic
Druidic	Druids	Druidic
Dwarven	Dwarves, gnomes	Dwarven
Elven	Elves	Elven
Giant	Giants, ogres	Dwarven
Goblin	Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears	Dwarven
Infernal	Devils, lawful evil outsiders	Infernal
Orc	Orcs	Dwarven
Primordial	Elementals
Sylvan	Dryads, fairies, leprechauns	Elven
Undercommon	Drow	Elven