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In the older background of the orks they learned it from Rogue Traders. And they also learned it from the human slaves they took from many of the planets they invaded.

Roadkill Zombie wrote:In the older background of the orks they learned it from Rogue Traders. And they also learned it from the human slaves they took from many of the planets they invaded.

It's more tenable explanation than the idea of representation or that Gothic was a primary Old Ones language (then what's about Eldarin) or absence of any explanations.
And it won't be retconned if nothing about this topic is written in more recent Codicex.