I’m sure there was a diversity of languages in Europe that would’ve made it difficult for some people to talk to others. How did Crusaders deal with this problem? Were there special brigades based on language?
I answered a similar question a few months ago:
Short answer is most crusaders spoke French or a similar Romance language. But how did Icelandic, or Hungarian, or Swedish, or Russian crusaders communicate? It's not clear, but they probably used Latin or Greek. The Middle East was an extremely multilingual place so there were already professional interpreters and translators, who were easily adapted into crusader administration.