I transformed Area Lore and Languages in accelarated abilities. For me, it made a lot more sense as it gives less power to the dice roll and more to the actual knowledge. Also people can easily have a lot more basic Languages or Area Lores. I'm even toying with the idea of removing completely the distinction between Arts and Abilities, using the 1-3-6 table for Abilities too. I like the "granularity" that it would bring and also the fact that it gives less power to dice roll and more to the development of the character. It would mean some adjustments though, so that's why I haven't tried it so far... 