---
!SpellItem
Name: Comprehend Languages
AltName: '[Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)'
Type: divination
Level: 1
CastingTime: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Family: SpellVO
Source: (SRD p126)
Ritual: ritual
Id: spells_vo.md#comprehend-languages
ParentLink: spells_vo.md#spells-srd-p
ParentName: Spells (SRD p)
NameLevel: 1
Attributes:
  Name: Comprehend Languages
  Markdown: >+
    # <!--Name-->Comprehend Languages<!--/Name-->


    - MDR: <!--AltName-->[Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)<!--/AltName-->

    - Source: <!--Source-->(SRD p126)<!--/Source-->

    -  <!--Level-->1<!--/Level-->st-level <!--Type-->divination<!--/Type--> (<!--Ritual-->ritual<!--/Ritual-->)

    - **Casting Time :** <!--CastingTime-->1 action<!--/CastingTime-->

    - **Range :** <!--Range-->Self<!--/Range-->

    - **Components :** <!--Components-->V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)<!--/Components-->

    - **Duration :** <!--Duration-->1 hour<!--/Duration-->

    - Classes: <!--Classes-->Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard<!--/Classes-->


    ### Description


    For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.


    This spell doesn't decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn't part of a written language.

  AltName: '[Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)'
  Source: (SRD p126)
  Level: 1
  Type: divination
  Ritual: ritual
  CastingTime: 1 action
  Range: Self
  Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
  Duration: 1 hour
  Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
AttributesDictionary: >+
  Name: Comprehend Languages

  Markdown: >+

    # <!--Name-->Comprehend Languages<!--/Name-->





    - MDR: <!--AltName-->[Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)<!--/AltName-->



    - Source: <!--Source-->(SRD p126)<!--/Source-->



    -  <!--Level-->1<!--/Level-->st-level <!--Type-->divination<!--/Type--> (<!--Ritual-->ritual<!--/Ritual-->)



    - **Casting Time :** <!--CastingTime-->1 action<!--/CastingTime-->



    - **Range :** <!--Range-->Self<!--/Range-->



    - **Components :** <!--Components-->V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)<!--/Components-->



    - **Duration :** <!--Duration-->1 hour<!--/Duration-->



    - Classes: <!--Classes-->Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard<!--/Classes-->





    ### Description





    For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.





    This spell doesn't decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn't part of a written language.



  AltName: '[Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)'

  Source: (SRD p126)

  Level: 1

  Type: divination

  Ritual: ritual

  CastingTime: 1 action

  Range: Self

  Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)

  Duration: 1 hour

  Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

---
> [Spells (SRD p)](srd_spells.md)

---

# Comprehend Languages

- MDR: [Compréhension des langues](hd_spells_comprehension_des_langues.md)
- Source: (SRD p126)
-  1st-level divination (ritual)
- **Casting Time :** 1 action
- **Range :** Self
- **Components :** V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
- **Duration :** 1 hour
- Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

### Description

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.

This spell doesn't decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn't part of a written language.