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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' features this trope in spades. In 3.5, just one skill point can enable your character to read, write and speak an entire new language. Or if you don't feel like spending skill points, there's the "Linguist" feat, which lets you learn one new language whenever you gain a new level. Or if you don't feel like using feats, there's the 3rd level spell ''[[A Wizard Did It|tongues]]'' which allows you to speak, read and understand ''any language ever'' (for the duration of the spell, unless you spend experience and cast another spell to make it permanent). Or if you don't feel like learning magic, there's the fact that you automatically ''start'' the game knowing more than one language if you have a + 1 Intelligence modifier or greater. Monks also gain the ability Tongue of the Sun and Moon, allowing them to understand all languages, at a high level, for no apparent reason. And finally there's an Epic-Level feat that lets you speak and understand in its entirety any new language that you come across within ''minutes'', down to the most regal or impressive accent, aptly named "Polyglot".
** Tongue of the Sun and Moon is actually significantly more awesome: rather than speaking mere languages, it permits the monk to speak with ''any living thing''.
** 4E does not use skill points, learning additional languages has been relegated to the (relatively) valuable feats. Since feats are so valuable and languages don't give a direct combat advantage, each feat is worth THREE new languages at full fluency. Even better, you may change one of your previously acquired feats (or powers or skills) whenever you gain a level. This means that you can spontaneously learn how to speak Draconic, Primordial, and Abyssal by entirely forgetting your previous fluency in Elven, Dwarven, and Goblin.
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* In ''Aberrant'', each point of Linguistics grants fluency with a language ''group'', like Scandinavian languages or multiple dialects of Chinese. A MegaIntelligence enhancement quadruples this.
* The ''[[Ars Magica]]'' 4th Edition Grimoire lists a merit called ''Gift of Tongues'', a quasi-magical trait that when bought at character generation allows the character to effectively speak every human language as if he is a native speaker: the character can understand and talk to any human being, but can only speak one language at a time (meaning that if two people do not share a language, the character can converse with character A in one language and character B in another, and freely translate between the two, but cannot speak a language that both understand at the same time). The merit does not extend to understanding written texts. But it is a common trait, not restricted to mages only, and thus very useful when combined with merits like ''Widely Travelled''.
* [[All There in the Manual]] for ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' describe the Kroot as extremely gifted in language due to their natural mimicry, making them able to pick up and speak almost any language with fluency in a matter of months. They can apparently even pick up [[Our Elves Are Better|Eldar]] and Tau language, which most humans can't speak due to exacting pronounciation. Most Kroot (except their leaders, who must be able to read the employment contracts) are illiterate on top of it and usually can't write any of the languages they may be able to speak.
 
 
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== Webcomics ==
* [[Alien Among Us|Zoe]] from ''[[Girls in Space]]'' speaks ''every'' Earth language. She doesn't bring this up because [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That!|she thought everyone could do that.]]
* R.L. in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' is Domain's version of this, understanding and speaking the species-specific languages of all his employees... {{spoiler|including feline, which is how he knew Frank was going to challenge him for supremacy.}}
* The Uryuoms in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' have the ability to psychically learn and teach languages almost instantly through [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-24 rubbing their antennae for three seconds on the forehead of whoever they want to learn a language from or teach to]. This ability only works with languages though.
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