The Taglian language is the mother tongue of Taglios and most of its surrounding dependencies. It is the most widely-spoken language between the Dandha Presh and Taglios proper. The vast majority of its native speakers are illiterate, and the written form of the language is perceived by most speakers to be akin to sorcery. Croaker, Lady, Murgen and others of the Black Company learned not only the spoken word, but the written form as well. In fact Taglian became the language of the later Annals.
Examples of Taglian words are:
- Jamadar: the Taglian word for "captain"
- Tooga: the word for "Stranglers" in both Taglian and the Nyueng Bao language