It would be nice if the Elf Inquisitor or Qunari Inquisitor blurrted out a few words/lines from time to time in their native languages, just to add more of a unique quality about them.
Whereas a Human/Dwarf Inquisitor would say: "That is beautiful...."
An Elf and Qunari would instead say it in their language which could be translated into text on screen for us to understand.
What do you guys think?
Would be nice but probably not practical.
For me, it depends on the context.
If the elven/qunari Inquisitor is surrounded by nobles (read: snooty humans), then no.
If he or she is surrounded by Dalish or Qun-thumpers, then sure.
However, I doubt that the writers gave that much elven or qunlat to the voice actors.
Well, there are sure to be race specific lines that are said by the Inquisitor when dealing with specific events/people. I could see them incorporating a few words in those instances. For the vast bulk of the dialog that is shared between all races though, I wouldn't see them adding anything in those lines.
Most elves don't even speak elven.
And the Qunari Inquisitor is a Vashoth,so they wouldn't know the Qunlat
Most elves don't even speak elvish.
And the Qunari Inquisitor is a Vashoth,so they wouldn't know the Qunlat
Presumably, the qunari Inquisitor knows some Qunlat.
His or her surname "Adaar" means "fire-thrower" in Qunlat.
Meanwhile, the default names "Herah" and "Kaaras" (as confirmed by writer Mary Kirby) mean "time" and "navigator" in Qunlat.
I'd like it, but it's probably not going to happen. The lines for all inquisitors are probably identical. Maybe very rarely there will be an extra dialogue option for when you can make a special remark that's dependant on your race. But I doubt it'll be something we'll come across often.
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This is actually a bit of a double-edged sword... while the idea sounds interesting and would add some variety to Inquisitors of different races, it may require too many dialogue branches to work well. You have to keep in mind that voice acting already places some restrictions on our ability to roleplay, and that there may be some players who do not want their non-human protagonists speaking in their "native" language at all. So in order to accommodate both types of character, we'd have to have these options clearly marked and placed alongside a nearly identical phrase that does not reference their culture. It just doesn't seem worth it considering the problems it could cause if done haphazardly and the costs involved if fully implemented...
While I doubt we'll have entire conversations or even full sentences in our "native" tongue (their first language would really be the common tongue), I imagine we'll speak a few words like Sten and Merill did. QunQuizzies will call their friends "kadaan" and tell annoying people, "Parshaara!" ElfQuizzies will call friends "lethallin" and call annoying humans "shemlen" (even city elves did this in DAO).
Elves don't have a native tongue anymore, all they have is a few loan words from their history that they rarely sprinkle into their sentences as a way of holding onto the tiny amount of their past they've kept in their grasp. And the Qunari isn't a Qunari, they were born outside the Qun and have likely never spoken the Qunari language before.
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Presumably, the qunari Inquisitor knows some Qunlat.
His or her surname "Adaar" means "fire-thrower" in Qunlat.
Meanwhile, the default names "Herah" and "Kaaras" (as confirmed by writer Mary Kirby) mean "time" and "navigator" in Qunlat.
Hm... Maybe they do know some of the Qunari language after all. And their last name means fire thrower? For that alone, I might just make my Qunari mage on first playthrough mainly be a fire user instead of a lightning user like I originally planned. Being a fire-mastery mage with a last name like that is just too perfect to ignore.
Im hoping we meet someone of our group (qunari runs into a vashoth/Qunari patrol or Dalish Inq goes to a clan) there will be a portion of unique dialogue that may gain the respect of that character by speaking their native language.
Im hoping we meet someone of our group (qunari runs into a vashoth/Qunari patrol or Dalish Inq goes to a clan) there will be a portion of unique dialogue that may gain the respect of that character by speaking their native language.
This is practically mandatory for any elven inquisitors. The qunari not so much, seeing as how they are vashoth 'n everything.
However every dalish I've met so far in game has been more than keen to talk my ear off with their jibba jabba.
Don't forget the dwarven ex-Carta Inquisitor. 
"Viv ! Burn that duster's balls off !"
*Vivienne looks at the Inquisitor with a clear killing intent*
"What ? Oh, come on ! ... Alright, Madame de Fer, would you please dispose of this most troublesome individual for me ?"
*Fireball passes just an inch by the Inquisitor's head*
"Pfft, Humans..."
If you want to give Bioware a budget of the Lord of the Rings movie, why not?
We'd still hear our fair share of "Shemlen" etc.
This is practically mandatory for any elven inquisitors. The qunari not so much, seeing as how they are vashoth 'n everything.
However every dalish I've met so far in game has been more than keen to talk my ear off with their jibba jabba.
just because the qunquisitor isn't from Par Vollen doesn't mean they wouldn't learn to speak Qunlat, it largely depends on his/her upbringing.
Most elves don't even speak elven.
And the Qunari Inquisitor is a Vashoth,so they wouldn't know the Qunlat
Well even our human noble probably has a local dialect but everyone uses common because that's simpler. The thing is we don't know that many words ourselves. So if our elf Inquisitor suddenly started spouting Dalish, we'd need an interpreter. The fact is whilst some words seem common to all clans, each clan probably has their own words as well, so even when clans come together they probably largely speak common. So aside from the odd greeting or term of endearment, it would be easier to stick to common when encountering other Dalish since our clan comes from northern Freemarches and the ones we are likely to encounter are in southern Orlais.
As for the qunari, their parents have probably retained the odd term from qunlat and still use them for naming children because that is part of the culture that they might still wish to retain, whilst rejecting the rest. However, for the most part they probably have always spoken common for everyday conversations. The only person that the Inquisitor might conceivably use qunlat with would be Iron Bull as the majority of other qunari we meet are likely to be other Vashoth. However, I doubt Iron Bull would speak in qunlat unless prompted to do so because he has been working as a spy and so not meant to draw attention to himself.
Oh, it will work beautifully with paraphrasing! Just imagine, you choose an innocent phrase on the wheel like "No, thank you" and your Inqusitor on the screen begins a long untranslated speech 
With an answer from the person he\she talks to
It would be nice if the Elf Inquisitor or Qunari Inquisitor blurrted out a few words/lines from time to time in their native languages, just to add more of a unique quality about them.
Whereas a Human/Dwarf Inquisitor would say: "That is beautiful...."
An Elf and Qunari would instead say it in their language which could be translated into text on screen for us to understand.
What do you guys think?
I'd like to see the Dalish, Dwarven, or Vashoth protagonist use the native tongue of their culture; it's certainly possible the Dwarven or Vashoth main character would have some knowledge about the language used by their people, while the Dalish protagonist would certainly know some elvish, given how the People make an effort to speak it and utilize it along with the Common Tongue.
Throw in phrases sure. I wouldn't really see the point of having them outright speak in the full language considering we wouldn't know what they were saying anyway.
In addition, do we even know if dwarves by and large-especially what would likely be a low class carta member surface dwarf? I know they have their own written language, but thus far we haven't had anything in books or games saying that dwarves by and large speak that language? It may just be something for the shaperate or a ceremonial language.
Its possible the Qunari knows qunlat, it is also wholly possible that as a Qunari mercenary who is outside of the qun and is trying along with his/her merc band to be accepted in thedas, they don't speak qunlat in order to better fit in.
Dalish, yes they use phrases, and do know parts of their language, but there are also entire parts of the Elhven language that are lost.
Most elves don't even speak elven.
We will be playing a Dalish, and if you're an elven mage you will be the First of your clan. You would know some elven.
And the Qunari isn't a Qunari, they were born outside the Qun and have likely never spoken the Qunari language before.
Most qunari can't speak the common tongue very well, so it's quite possible that the Inquisitor learned and spoke Qunlat at home while learning and speaking the common tongue with humans and friends.
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