diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language.dm b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
index 88a89bc3c87..4ab6036d9cf 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 /datum/language
 	var/name = "an unknown language" // Fluff name of language if any.
+	var/desc = "A language."         // Short description for 'Check Languages'.
 	var/speech_verb = "says"         // 'says', 'hisses', 'farts'.
 	var/colour = "say_quote"         // CSS style to use for strings in this language.
 	var/key = "x"                    // Character used to speak in language eg. :o for Unathi.
@@ -12,69 +13,56 @@
 
 /datum/language/unathi
 	name = "Sinta'unathi"
+	desc = "The common language of Moghes, composed of sibilant hisses and rattles. Spoken natively by Unathi."
 	speech_verb = "hisses"
 	colour = "soghun"
-	key = "o"
-	native = "Unathi"
-	flags = RESTRICTED
+	key = "una"
+	flags = WHITELISTED
 
 /datum/language/tajaran
-	name = "Siik'tjar"
+	name = "Siik'tajr"
+	desc = "An expressive language that combines yowls and chirps with posture, tail and ears. Native to the Tajaran."
 	speech_verb = "mrowls"
 	colour = "tajaran"
-	key = "j"
-	native = "Tajaran"
-	flags = RESTRICTED
+	key = "taj"
+	flags = WHITELISTED
 
 /datum/language/skrell
 	name = "Skrellian"
+	desc = "A melodic and complex language spoken by the Skrell of Qerrbalak. Some of the notes are inaudible to humans."
 	speech_verb = "warbles"
 	colour = "skrell"
-	key = "k"
-	native = "Skrell"
-	flags = RESTRICTED
+	key = "skr"
+	flags = WHITELISTED
 
 /datum/language/vox
 	name = "Vox-pidgin"
+	desc = "The common tongue of the various Vox ships making up the Shoal. It sounds like chaotic shrieking to everyone else."
 	speech_verb = "shrieks"
 	colour = "vox"
-	key = "v"
-	native = "Vox"
+	key = "vox"
 	flags = RESTRICTED
 
+/*
 /datum/language/human
 	name = "Sol Common"
-	key = "1"
-	native = "Human"
+	desc = "A bastardized hybrid of informal English and elements of Mandarin Chinese; the common language of the Sol system."
+	key = "hum"
 	flags = RESTRICTED
 
-//Pidgin languages, imperfectly speakable by people not a member of the core species.
-
-/datum/language/unathi/common
-	name = "Common Unathi"
-	flags = WHITELISTED
-
-/datum/language/tajaran/common
-	name = "Siik'mas"
-	flags = WHITELISTED
-
-/datum/language/skrell/common
-	name = "Common Skrell"
-	flags = WHITELISTED
-
-/datum/language/human/common
-	name = "Common Human"
-	flags = WHITELISTED
-
 // Galactic common languages (systemwide accepted standards).
-
 /datum/language/trader
 	name = "Tradeband"
+	desc = "Maintained by the various trading cartels in major systems, this elegant, structured language is used for bartering and bargaining."
+	speech_verb = "enunciates"
 	key = "tra"
 
 /datum/language/gutter
 	name = "Gutter"
+	desc = "Much like Standard, this crude pidgin tongue descended from numerous languages and serves as Tradeband for criminal elements."
+	speech_verb = "growls"
 	key = "gut"
+*/
 
 // Language handling.
 /mob/proc/add_language(var/language)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index fbc06d00c6b..b79b974d537 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@
 			message = slur(message)
 	..(message)
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/say_understands(var/other)
+/mob/living/carbon/human/say_understands(var/other,var/datum/language/speaking = null)
+
+	if(has_brain_worms()) //Brain worms translate everything. Even mice and alien speak.
+		return 1
 	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/ai))
 		return 1
 	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/decoy))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
index 4ddd67e90c3..e2638d01c39 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	name = "Tajaran"
 	icobase = 'icons/mob/human_races/r_tajaran.dmi'
 	deform = 'icons/mob/human_races/r_def_tajaran.dmi'
-	language = "Siik'mas"
+	language = "Siik'tajr"
 	tail = "tajtail"
 	attack_verb = "scratch"
 	darksight = 8
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index a73e7230bf1..69d62106f48 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 
 /mob/living/say(var/message)
 
-	//world << "[src] speaks! [message]"
 	message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	message = capitalize(message)
 
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 	var/italics = 0
 	var/message_range = null
 	var/message_mode = null
-	var/datum/language/speaking //For use if a specific language is being spoken.
+	var/datum/language/speaking = null //For use if a specific language is being spoken.
 
 	// If brain damaged, talk on headset at random.
 	if (getBrainLoss() >= 60 && prob(50))
@@ -146,11 +145,9 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 		//Check if the person is speaking a language that they know.
 		for(var/datum/language/L in languages)
 			if(lowertext(channel_prefix) == ":[L.key]")
-				//world << "Key [L.key] matches [lowertext(channel_prefix)] for [src]."
 				speaking = L
 				break
 		message_mode = department_radio_keys[channel_prefix]
-		//world << "channel_prefix=[channel_prefix]; message_mode=[message_mode]"
 		if (message_mode)
 			message = trim(copytext(message, 3))
 			if (!(ishuman(src) || istype(src, /mob/living/simple_animal/parrot) || isrobot(src) && (message_mode=="department" || (message_mode in radiochannels))))
@@ -367,38 +364,12 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 
 	for (var/M in listening)
 		if(hascall(M,"say_understands"))
-			if ((M:say_understands(src) && !speaking))
-				//world << "[M] understood [src] (0)."
+			if (M:say_understands(src,speaking))
 				heard_a += M
-			else if(ismob(M))
-
-				// If speaking is set, it means that a language has been found that uses the given key.
-				// If it hasn't, then they are likely just speaking English.
-
-				var/understood
-				var/mob/P = M
-				if (speaking)
-					for(var/datum/language/L in P.languages)
-						if(speaking.name == L.name)
-							understood = 1
-					if(understood || P.universal_speak)
-						//world << "[M] understood [src] (1)."
-						heard_a += M
-					else if(istype(P,/mob/living/carbon/human))
-						var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = P
-						if(H.has_brain_worms()) // Brain worms act like Babelfish.
-							heard_a += M
-						else
-							heard_b += M
-					else
-						//world << "[M] didn't understand [src]."
-						heard_b += M
-				else
-					heard_a += M
-
 			else
-				//world << "[M] understood [src] (2)."
-				heard_a += M
+				heard_b += M
+		else
+			heard_a += M
 
 	var/speech_bubble_test = say_test(message)
 	var/image/speech_bubble = image('icons/mob/talk.dmi',src,"h[speech_bubble_test]")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index 43c617ffdda..9be3e84095e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -61,17 +61,30 @@
 			M.show_message(rendered, 2) //Takes into account blindness and such.
 	return
 
-/mob/proc/say_understands(var/mob/other)
+/mob/proc/say_understands(var/mob/other,var/datum/language/speaking = null)
 	if(!other)
 		return 1
-	if (src.stat == 2)
-		return 1
-	else if (istype(other, src.type))
+	else if (src.stat == 2)
 		return 1
+	else if (speaking) //Language check.
+
+		var/understood
+		for(var/datum/language/L in src.languages)
+			if(speaking.name == L.name)
+				understood = 1
+				break
+
+		if(understood || universal_speak)
+			return 1
+		else
+			return 0
+
 	else if(other.universal_speak || src.universal_speak)
 		return 1
 	else if(isAI(src) && ispAI(other))
 		return 1
+	else if (istype(other, src.type))
+		return 1
 	return 0
 
 /mob/proc/say_quote(var/text,var/datum/language/speaking)
@@ -80,26 +93,28 @@
 		//tcomms code is still runtiming somewhere here
 	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
 
-	if (speaking)
-		return "<span class='say_quote'>[speaking.speech_verb] in [speaking.name]</span>, \"<span class='[speaking.colour]'>[text]</span>\"";
+	var/speechverb = "<span class='say_quote'>"
 
-//Needs Virus2
-//	if (src.disease_symptoms & DISEASE_HOARSE)
-//		return "rasps, \"[text]\"";
-	if (src.stuttering)
-		return "<span class='say_quote'>stammers</span>, \"[text]\"";
-	if (src.slurring)
-		return "<span class='say_quote'>slurrs</span>, \"[text]\"";
-	if(isliving(src))
+	if (speaking)
+		speechverb = "[speaking.speech_verb]</span>, \"<span class='[speaking.colour]'>"
+	else if (src.stuttering)
+		speechverb = "stammers, \""
+	else if (src.slurring)
+		speechverb = "slurrs, \""
+	else if (ending == "?")
+		speechverb = "asks, \""
+	else if (ending == "!")
+		speechverb = "exclaims, \""
+	else if(isliving(src))
 		var/mob/living/L = src
 		if (L.getBrainLoss() >= 60)
-			return "<span class='say_quote'>gibbers</span>, \"[text]\"";
-	if (ending == "?")
-		return "<span class='say_quote'>asks</span>, \"[text]\"";
-	if (ending == "!")
-		return "<span class='say_quote'>exclaims</span>, \"[text]\"";
+			speechverb = "gibbers, \""
+		else
+			speechverb = "says, \""
+	else
+		speechverb = "says, \""
 
-	return "<span class='say_quote'>says</span>, \"[text]\"";
+	return "[speechverb][text]</span>\""
 
 /mob/proc/emote(var/act, var/type, var/message)
 	if(act == "me")