The creature touched gains some facility at understanding and speaking foreign languages. The spell bestows on the target the ability to speak, write, and understand languages as if possessing 8 ranks in the Linguistics skill. If the target already has at least 8 ranks in Linguistics, tongues instead grants a +2 competence bonus on Linguistics checks made to communicate.
This spell has no effect on the target’s ability to learn a new language or to use innuendo.
Tongues can be made permanent with a permanency spell.
Arcane Material Component: A clay model of a ziggurat.