First off I apologice if its not suposed to go here, but I wasnt sure where to post it.
so now to my question, does every race have the same type of vocalcords? And furthermore, can creatures such as a tabxi or aarakocra shape their muzzle/beak to make the propper prononcitions when speaking? I just realized this ”problem” now that I made two aarakocras in a row. How are so many species that by all reasons should have diffrent vocalcords and types of mouths, mussles, beaks, snouts etc etc speak the same without a hitch? I know it doesnt matter cause magic but I got really curious.
First off I apologice if its not suposed to go here, but I wasnt sure where to post it.
so now to my question, does every race have the same type of vocalcords? And furthermore, can creatures such as a tabxi or aarakocra shape their muzzle/beak to make the propper prononcitions when speaking? I just realized this ”problem” now that I made two aarakocras in a row. How are so many species that by all reasons should have diffrent vocalcords and types of mouths, mussles, beaks, snouts etc etc speak the same without a hitch? I know it doesnt matter cause magic but I got really curious.
Have you ever lived with a parrot? I had a roommate with a parrot once, the thing had no problem saying “You sonofa*****” whenever it wanted to.
I assume they have different and distinct accents, but that usually just happens in my head. Similar to how on earth, there are sounds that exist in some languages which end up being difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce, even though we have the same biology. Also, common in D&D doesn’t necessarily have to sound like a human language as we know it. It could be a series of sounds everyone can can make.
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First off I apologice if its not suposed to go here, but I wasnt sure where to post it.
so now to my question, does every race have the same type of vocalcords? And furthermore, can creatures such as a tabxi or aarakocra shape their muzzle/beak to make the propper prononcitions when speaking? I just realized this ”problem” now that I made two aarakocras in a row. How are so many species that by all reasons should have diffrent vocalcords and types of mouths, mussles, beaks, snouts etc etc speak the same without a hitch? I know it doesnt matter cause magic but I got really curious.
For real life examples, Google:
Nasalization.
Languages with whistles.
Click languages.
The details on most languages in D&D assume that you can approximate the needed sound elements in one fashion or another.
Have you ever lived with a parrot? I had a roommate with a parrot once, the thing had no problem saying “You sonofa*****” whenever it wanted to.
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I assume they have different and distinct accents, but that usually just happens in my head. Similar to how on earth, there are sounds that exist in some languages which end up being difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce, even though we have the same biology.
Also, common in D&D doesn’t necessarily have to sound like a human language as we know it. It could be a series of sounds everyone can can make.