I have a separate, sci-fi worldbuilding thing, it takes a backseat to the Har Fang project, but I occasionally work on it.
Technically this should be "Known extant sophonts" since there is another extinct civilization but I don't feel like designing them right now.
Except for the Orytarians, these are all the human names for each sophont, not the names they use for themselves. This is because Orytarians and Humans have a very similar vocal range and thus are able to speak each other's native languages.
Grabbers are able to speak all other languages due to their vocal apparatus being morphologically similar to parrots. Mech Shrimps communicate with each other in clicking sounds, and normally use either Grabber translators or writing to communicate with other sophonts. Manta vocalization has some overlap with humans, and they can technically kinda speak each other's languages, but it always sounds off and stilted.
