Country of Origin
Far from a complete list, this should prove adequate for the adventures included in Ninjas & Superspies. Roll first to deter-mine country. Then again to determine the character's ethnic background.
CONTINENT OF ORIGIN
01-06 South America
07-19 Africa
20-79 Asia
80-91 Europe
92-99 North America
00 Australia/Oceania
AFRICA
01 Burundi, speaks Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
02 Somalia, speaks Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian
03 Rwanda, speaks Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official)
04 Zambia, speaks English (official) and local dialects
05 Niger, speaks French (official); Hausa; Songhai; Arabic
06 Mali, speaks French (official), African languages
07-08 Angola, speaks Bantu, Portuguese (official)
09-10 Madagascar, speaks Malagasy and French (both official)
11-12 Ivory Coast/Cote d'Ivoire, speaks French (official) and African languages (Diaula esp.)
13-15 Mozambique, speaks Portuguese (official), Bantu languages
16-19 Kenya, speaks English (official), Swahili (national), and several other languages spoken by 25 ethnic groups
20-23 Algeria, speaks Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
24-28 Sudan, speaks Arabic (official), English, tribal dialects
29-35 Congo (Democratic Republic of), speaks French (official), Swahili, Lingala, Ishiluba, and Kikongo, others
36-44 Egypt, speaks Arabic
45-59 Nigeria, speaks English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, and more than 200 others
60-67 Ethiopia, speaks Amharic (official), English, Orominga, Tigrigna, over 70 languages spoken
68-73 South Africa, speaks Xhosa and Zulu (official), English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Swati, Xitsonga, Setswana, Tshivenda
74-77 Tanzania, speaks Swahili and English (both official), local languages
78-81 Morocco
ASIA
01 Uzbekistan, speaks Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
02 Nepal, speaks Nepali (official), Newari, Bhutia, Maithali
03 Afghanistan, speaks Pushtu, Dari Persian, other Turkic and minor languages
04-05 Thailand, speaks Thai (Siamese), Chinese, English
06-07 Turkey, speaks Turkish
08-09 Philippines, speaks Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English (both official); regional languages: Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, others
10-13 Pakistan, speaks Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English, Burushaski, and others
14-17 Bangladesh, speaks Bangla (official), English
18-23 Indonesia, speaks Bahasa Indonesia (official), Dutch, English, and more than 583 languages and dialects
24-51 India, speaks Hindi (official), English (official), Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all recognized by the constitution). Dialects, 1,652
52-86 China, speaks Chinese, Mandarin, also local dialects
87-90 Russia Federation, speaks Russian, others
91-93 Japan, speaks Japanese
94-95 Iran, speaks Farsi (Persian), Azari, Kurdish, Arabic
96-97 Vietnam, speaks Vietnamese (official), French, English, Khmer, Chinese
98 South Korea, speaks Korean
99 Burma (Myanmar) , speaks Burmese, minority languages
00 Minor Country, roll on following table:
EUROPE, speaks
01 Andorra, speaks Catalán (official), French, Spanish
02 Albania, speaks Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
03 Bosnia-Herzegovina, speaks The language that used to be known as Serbo-Croatian but is now known as Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian, depending on the speaker's ethnic and political affiliation. It is written in Latin and Cyrillic.
04 Croatia, speaks What was once known as Serbo-Croatian is now known as Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian, depending on the speaker's political and ethnic affiliation.
05 Denmark, speaks Danish, Faeroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), small German-speaking minority
06 Estonia, speaks Estonian (official), Russian, Finnish, English
07 Finland, speaks Finnish, Swedish (both official); small Sami- (Lapp) and Russian-speaking minorities
08 Georgia, speaks Georgian (official), 71%; Russian, 9%; Armenian, 7%; Azerbaijani, 6%
09 Iceland, speaks Icelandic
10 Ireland, speaks English, Irish Gaelic
11 Austria, speaks German 98% (small Slovene, Croatian, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
12 Sweden, speaks Swedish
13-14 Hungary, speaks Magyar (Hungarian), 98.2%; other, 1.8%
15-16 Czech Republic, speaks Czech; Slovak minority
17-18 Serbia/Montenegro (Yugoslavia), speaks Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%. What was once known as Serbo-Croatian is now known as Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian, depending on the speaker's political and ethnic affiliation. It is written in Latin and Cyrillic
19-22 Netherlands, speaks Dutch, Frisian
23-28 Poland, speaks Polish
29-36 Ukraine, speaks Ukrainian
37-45 France, speaks French, declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican)
46-57 Germany, speaks German
58-66 United Kingdom, speaks English, Welsh, Scots Gaelic
67-74 Italy, speaks Italian; small German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities
75-80 Spain, speaks Castilian Spanish 74% (official), Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
81-84 Romania, speaks Romanian (official); Hungarian- and German-speaking minorities
85 Greece, speaks Greek
86 Belarus, speaks Belorussian (White Russian)
87 Belgium, speaks Dutch (Flemish), 57%; French, 32%; bilingual (Brussels), 10%; German, 0.7%
88 Portugal, speaks Portuguese
89 Bulgaria, speaks Bulgarian
90 Switzerland, speaks German, French, Italian (all official), Romansch
91 Latvia, speaks Latvian
92 Lithuania, speaks Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
93 Luxembourg, speaks Luxermbourgish, French, German
94 Macedonia, speaks Macedonian, which uses the Cyrillic alphabet, 70%; Albanian, 21%; Turkish, 3%; other, 6%
95 Malta, speaks Maltese and English (both official)
96 Moldova, speaks Moldovan (official; virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
97 Norway, speaks Two official forms of Norwegian: Bokmål and Nynorsk
98 Slovakia, speaks Slovak (official), Hungarian
99 Slovenia, speaks Slovenian; most can also speak Serbo-Croatian
00 Minor Country, roll on the following table:
NORTH AMERICA
01 Haiti, speaks Creole and French (both official)
02 Honduras, speaks Spanish (official), English widely spoken in business
03 El Salvador, speaks Spanish
04-05 Cuba, speaks Spanish
06-07 Dominican Republic, speaks Spanish, English widely spoken
08-28 Mexico, speaks Spanish, Indian languages
29-85 United States, speaks English, sizable Spanish-speaking minority
86-92 Canada, speaks English, French (both official)
93-95 Guatemala, speaks Spanish, Indian languages
96-00 Minor Country, roll on the following table:
OCEANIA
01 Fiji, speaks Fijian, Hindustani, English (official)
02 Kiribati, speaks English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
03 Marshall Islands, speaks both Marshallese and English are official languages. Marshallese is a language in the Malayo-Polynesian family.
04 Micronesia, speaks English is the official and common language; major indigenous languages are Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, and Kosrean
05 Nauru, speaks Nauruan (official) and English
06 Palau, speaks Palauan, English (official)
07-31 Papua New Guinea, speaks English, Tok Pisin (a Melanesian Creole English), Hiri Motu, and 717 distinct native languages.
32-92 Australia, speaks English
93-95 New Zealand, speaks English (official), Maori
96 Samoa, speaks Samoan and English
97 Solomon Islands, speaks English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), over 60 indigenous Melanesian languages
98 Tonga, speaks Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
99 Tuvalu, speaks Tuvaluan, English
00 Vanuatu, speaks Bislama (a Melanesian pidgin English), English, French (all 3 official)
SOUTH AMERICA
01-12 Colombia, speaks Spanish
13-20 Peru, speaks Spanish and Quéchua (both official), Aymara, and other native languages
21-24 Chile, speaks Spanish
25-75 Brazil, speaks Portuguese
76-86 Argentina, speaks Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
87-93 Venezuela, speaks Spanish (official), various indigenous languages in the remote interior
94-97 Ecuador, speaks Spanish (official), Quechua
98-99 Bolivia, speaks Spanish (official), Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
00 Minor Country, roll on the following table: