Read languages

Read languages was a clerical spell that aided in translation.

Effects
Those who cast this spell were capable of reading any language for its duration. However, the spell would not translate the magical scripts used within the spellbooks and scrolls of wizards. This spell also did not confer the ability to decipher codes.

Components
This spell required a verbal component and a material component in the form of the cleric's holy symbol in order to be cast.

Creatures

 * Gynosphinxes could typically cast this spell.
 * Demons that could typically cast this spell included balors, mariliths, and nalfeshnees.

Individuals

 * Archdevils that knew this spell included Asmodeus, Baalzebul, Dispater, Geryon, Jaqon, and Moloch.
 * Demon lords that knew this spell included Demogorgon, Orcus, and Yeenoghu.
 * Lychor