Mans Tongue
Every other race uses the common Mans Tongue thanks in part to human expansion. As humanity has travelled farther and faster than all other species man's tongue has spread over most of the world. The language came from early human interactions with the archfey which mans tongue takes most of their alphabet from. While it did not become rich with elaborate words it has grown over time as it has assimilated dialects and other species words and phrases that fit into common use. Due to the inclusion of some words a number of older human words have fallen out of use and are now considered a separate dialect of mans tongue called the ancient tongue, while there were attempts to preserve and utilize the dialect this has thus far failed due to words and phrases being far too broad and unable to be used with the finesse that mans tongue has.
Geographical Distribution
Mans Tongue has spread so far that even without the gift of languages angelic beings have begun using mans tongue in the rare instances they are allowed to interact with mortal races. Most other breeds with teach their own language along side mans tongue unless the species in question lives too far from a major human settlement.
Successor Languages
Common Phrases
"He has the fey gift" -- meant as both praise and insult for their cunning and guile
"Faster than an adventurer pulls boots off a corpse" -- boast of incredible speed
"It ain't magic if you don't have to sell your soul" -- Arguing unimortant details such as using magic vs using magical tools
"Eloquent might be elfish but humans crafted the first poem" -- Disputing an unclaimed opportunity
"As talkative as the God's" -- Someone who is quite and/or difficult to understand
"Faster than an adventurer pulls boots off a corpse" -- boast of incredible speed
"It ain't magic if you don't have to sell your soul" -- Arguing unimortant details such as using magic vs using magical tools
"Eloquent might be elfish but humans crafted the first poem" -- Disputing an unclaimed opportunity
"As talkative as the God's" -- Someone who is quite and/or difficult to understand
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