Languages

>  **Stiles** “You can read Latin now?”
>  **Diana** “I can read the spells, and I understand them. I can’t speak Latin, but I can understand it.”
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Language is integral to every pack, species, and civilization in existence, but some are not all able to speak the same language, or are able to understand the dialect, but are unable to speak it, whether fluently, or not. Many languages have been used in spells, rather than every day speaking, and are used in many variations with other languages. Some languages are inherently known in minds of people, whether they know it or not, and are able to speak it without study.

## Aramaic

* The **Aramaic language** was spoken dating back to Biblical times (3rd millennium BC to 1st millennium AD), but due to the complexity of the Aramaic language, there are few people who have the knowledge of the language necessary to translate text or words, depending on the intention.
* Aramaic script was widely adopted for other languages and is ancestral to both the Arabic and modern Hebrew alphabets, but was kept in many scripts that belonged to old witch covens, including the Tlanta Coven, which used the language in their spells, allowing many of their members to perform spells in the language, even in modern times.
* Qetsiyah was a notable speaker of Aramaic as was shown in her spells, and the connection to her name and possible origin, dating back to the creation of the Immortality Spell.
* Klaus Mikaelson also spoke the language, and memorized many spellbooks and grimoires that were written entirely in Aramaic, which was how he was able to read the Hunter's Mark and the Sword of Alexander, which are imbued with Aramaic writings.
* Danae Tlanta is the most notable modern speaker of Aramaic, as many of her spellbooks are solely written in Aramaic, due to the tradition of her family's coven to write their grimoires with Aramaic spells.
	+ She uses her Aramaic grimoires to train her witches, and they are used as the highest rank of her spellwork, and are taught to young witches at the end of their training, and she only brings out the oldest grimoires written in Aramaic for powerful spells.

## Barvarian

* Conri Tlanta, and Danae Tlanta are fluent in this dialect of German, as well as being fluent in mainland German.
	+ While being imprisoned by the Nazis, during WWII, Ash, an Immortal Werewolf of Conri's creation learned Barvarian in order to communicate with the other prisoners, and guards.

## Dutch

* Conri and Danae learned both of these languages in their early days, living in Europe, after they left the New World, when Danae became immortal, and was running from Conri's family and father, trying to raise him.
	+ There are also a number of spells that Conri has created from this language, after studying the witch covens of the country.

## English

* Many speak English with American accents. Some have distinctive accents when speaking English, showing their countries of origin and those include:
	+ Scottish accent - Crowley and Rowena MacLeod
	+ English accent - Danae Tlanta, and the Mikaelson Family

## French

* The twins, Nixie and Naeomi Snow are from Toulouse, in France, and are constantly speaking in their native language, causing many members of their pack to pick up on the language.
* Louis Michealis and his sister, Chloé Michealis, from Burgrundy, in France are also native speakers.
	+ Their mother, Maria is also fluent.
* Conri Tlanta and Derek Hale are also speakers.
	+ Many of Conri's witches and werewolves are also speakers, due to many of them living in France over the many centuries, learning the language and many teaching others.
	+ Danae Tlanta and the Mikaelsons are also French speakers.
	+ Malia Hale also speaks French, and although she is not fluent, she takes lessons from Chris Argent, and Isaac Lahey, who she visits often when off work in Toulouse.

## German

* During the war, Conri and many of his wolves and witches were in Germany, and learned the language early on in the war, so that they could be mistaken for Germans, and many of the witches and werewolves used their flawless fluency of the language to break Conri and Ash, along with others out of the concentration camps near the end of the war.
	+ Derek Hale and his family are also proficient speakers of German.

## Greek

* Conri and Danae Tlanta use Greek in many of their spells, mixed with Latin, and have learnt it over time.
	+ They also speak it when they go on vacation.

## Italian

* The Mikaelsons are Italian speakers, although they no longer practice, since they lived in Italy in the 12th century.
	+ Conri and Danae still speak Italian when they go to Italy.
	+ Peter and Derek Hale speak Italian as well.

## Japanese

* Derek Hale speaks Japanese, but solely to Satomi Ito.
* Chloé Michealis is able to speak Japanese, due to her connection to her Kitsune spirit, but has learned how to speak it without the spirit interfering with her brain.
	+ This is one of the languages that she speaks unconsciously.

## Korean

* Chloé Michaelis is also a fluent speaker of Korean.

## Latin

* Used in many, and most of Conri and Danae's spells, both are fluent in Latin, and teach their fledgling witches the language when they are starting their training, stepping up from earlier languages in spells, and attempting to make their witches fluent.
* Malia Hale learned Latin in high school.

## Old Norse

* Ancient Nordic witches such as Dahlia and Freya use this language for their spells and rituals.
* Conri and Danae also use this language for their spells, and many of their grimoires are written in Old Norse, and modern Norwegian, due to Conri being born and raised in Norway, which was where he first learned spells, and how to speak.

## Norwegian

* Conri Tlanta is fluent in Norwegian, both old and modern. He was taught by humans and his mother, Danae, who is also a fluent Norwegian speaker, due to living in the country for decades.
* Eli Hale, who is Conri's son, is being raised bilingual, in both English, and Norwegian, both Old Norse and modern Norwegian, and gained complete fluency over both languages when he was four, and only realized that they were separate languages when he was seven.
	+ Derek Hale and Peter Hale understand the language, but they are unable to speak it, and instead respond to Conri and Eli's speaking in English instead, since they cannot speak the language the right way.

## Russian

* Katya Cook can speak Russian and Ukrainian.

## Spanish

* Derek Hale and his family all speak Spanish, due to his father being Hispanic.
* Conri also speaks Spanish, but he doesn't do it very often, only showing off his skills when talking to older women in Spanish, to help them understand him better.

## Ukrainian

* Katya Cook can speak Ukrainian and Russian.