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In real life, absolute language barriers (i.e., there exist no individuals who speak both languages in question) only exist for the first generation of substantial contact between cultures, if even that. In culturally diverse societies, such as Hawaii, all members standardize on a single language, which may be an amalgamation of the languages spoken by the various groups (such as early plantation pigeon) or the language spoken by the dominant group (English).
It would be extremely unrealistic to have such barriers in a MUD unless each culture was isolationist and/or the MUD is new and the setting is such that the different racial societies have not yet come into substantial contact.
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