Miriana Windryder wrote (regarding how to raise language skills from
one if nobody knows the language at "excellent" level):

>
> From: "Miriana Windryder" <miriana@...>
>
> Ok, this is how it's done (I've never personally done this btw).
> When you teach another PC, their skill goes up to your skill + 1. So
> what you do is:
>
> 1) You teach the other person, until their skill is maxed (i.e., it
> becomes your skill + 1)
> 2) The both of you zone (to update the skill list, like, if you get
> trained in a language up to excellent, you have to zone before it
> shows up as excellent)
> 3) The other person now has your skill + 1, so he teaches you (to his
> skill + 1, which is your skill + 2)
> 4) Zone
> 5) Repeat
>
> Eventually you'll max it.
>
> --
> Miriana Windryder
> Priestess of Tunare
> Innoruuk Server

Thanks to all who posted this method. It's a lot faster (and cheaper)
than the method I had imagined (which had to do with starting newbies and
using their skill points, with a large cash infusion). I figure it would
take about 2-4 hours to raise from one point on one person to excellent
on both (depending on zone load time, intelligence and attention level).

I wanted to note that it should, then, be possible to tag-team two (or
more) languages at once, for example:

Person A trains Person B in Language 1 for two skills
Person B trains Person A in Language 2 for two skills (simultaneously)

Then zone and switch languages, repeat, then zone back and switch
languages...

In fact, you should be able to train up to six languages at once (one for
each grouped member), although odd numbers would be hard to keep track of
(since you would need to cycle the languages, rather than just switch
back and forth). Still, it shouldn't take that much longer to do
multiple languages. Anyone on Innoruuk want to try it?

Kenross Cantoforjado, 25th song, Innoruuk