Trogan has spread across the brutish races of the outlands due to its efficient vocabulary and flexible phonetic structure. It is typically spoken by gnolls, and commonly used by goblins and feral kurgans to communicate with them during negotiations and trade.

Trogan does not have a universal written form, but some gnolls are moving from pictograms toward an alphabet or syllabary. This is most likely due to the example set by the goblins.