Tongues

Tongues was a divination or alteration spell that allowed the caster or a touched creature to speak and understand additional languages. The alteration version was reversible, called babble, and could confuse all verbal communication in an area.

Effects
The alteration version of this spell worked only on the caster and lasted for 10 minutes, whereas the divination version could be bestowed on another creature by touch and lasted 10 minutes per level of the caster. The area of effect for babble was a circle of 30 ft (9.1 m) radius centered on the caster.

The subject of tongues could only speak one language at a time but could understand other languages, therefore the subject could act as an interpreter but could not address a diverse crowd and be understood by all. This spell only allowed communication with intelligent creatures with the ability to speak; it did not otherwise bias creatures with respect to the subject.

Components
The divine versions of this spell required only verbal and somatic components. The arcane versions also required a small clay model of a ziggurat, which shattered when the verbal component was pronounced.