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| - Common is the lingua franca of Gloriana. In every location the Hero visits, he will find that either everyone civilized speaks Common, or at least that enough people will speak Common that he can get by. In most cities, merchants will speak Common, even if the citizen populace doesn't speak it generally. Many realms, even those who have accepted Common as the official language, will still contain traces of their local language, either through accents or through naming.
- Common is the language spoken by the Alliance members. All Alliance characters should understand Common language. Its counterpart for the Horde is the Orcish language. In the lore (including the RPG, novels, manga, and early games), almost all intelligent races speak Common as it is not a "human" language per se. Common is known by many races, and it is used as a universal language by most members of the races of Azeroth and Draenor. Most if not all races have at least some understanding and speak some dialect of Common. Some gnolls are said to speak with a broken Common. Dialects or languages derived or related to Common include Low Common, Gutterspeak, and Nerglish.
- Common, the language or alphabet, is the Alliance counterpart to the Horde's Orcish language. All Alliance characters should understand Common tongue. In the lore (including the RPG, novels, manga, and early games), almost all intelligent races speak Common as it is not a "human" language per se. Common is one of the primary languages known by many races. It is used as a kind of universal language by most members of the many races of Azeroth and Draenor. Most if not all races have at least some understanding and speak some dialect of Common. Other dialects or languages derived or related to Common include Low Common, Gutterspeak, and Nerglish. The modern Common used by humans was derived from the "ancient tongue". Some gnolls are said to speak with a broken Common. Because Common is a univ
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| - Common is the lingua franca of Gloriana. In every location the Hero visits, he will find that either everyone civilized speaks Common, or at least that enough people will speak Common that he can get by. In most cities, merchants will speak Common, even if the citizen populace doesn't speak it generally. Many realms, even those who have accepted Common as the official language, will still contain traces of their local language, either through accents or through naming.
- Common is the language spoken by the Alliance members. All Alliance characters should understand Common language. Its counterpart for the Horde is the Orcish language. In the lore (including the RPG, novels, manga, and early games), almost all intelligent races speak Common as it is not a "human" language per se. Common is known by many races, and it is used as a universal language by most members of the races of Azeroth and Draenor. Most if not all races have at least some understanding and speak some dialect of Common. Some gnolls are said to speak with a broken Common. Dialects or languages derived or related to Common include Low Common, Gutterspeak, and Nerglish. Because Common is a universal language known by many races, characters that have never had contact with other races are often able communicate with each other on their first meeting. Other racial languages (Orcish, Taur-ahe, Gnomish, etc.,) are normally limited to their specific races, but are often learned by races that are most likely to encounter those races or read their language. The modern "Common" seems to share words with the English language, mixed with words from an ancient tongue (actually some Welsh, Latin, and other historical languages). For example, half-ogre is the Common term for the race that is a mixture of ogre and orc ancestry, whereas mok'nathal (lower-case) is the Orcish term for the same race. At least two known dialects of true Common exist, a modern dialect, which relies more on English, and the "ancient tongue", from which the modern Common is derived.
- Common, the language or alphabet, is the Alliance counterpart to the Horde's Orcish language. All Alliance characters should understand Common tongue. In the lore (including the RPG, novels, manga, and early games), almost all intelligent races speak Common as it is not a "human" language per se. Common is one of the primary languages known by many races. It is used as a kind of universal language by most members of the many races of Azeroth and Draenor. Most if not all races have at least some understanding and speak some dialect of Common. Other dialects or languages derived or related to Common include Low Common, Gutterspeak, and Nerglish. The modern Common used by humans was derived from the "ancient tongue". Some gnolls are said to speak with a broken Common. Because Common is a universal language known by many races, characters that have never had contact with other races are often able communicate with each other on their first meeting. Other racial languages (Orcish, Taur-ahe, Gnomish, etc,) are normally limited to their specific races, but are often learned by races that are most likely to encounter those races or read their language. The Common alphabet is made of up of letters from different alphabets: Latin, Elder Futhark runic alphabet, Faux Cyrillic (in a loading screen in Warcraft II), and an unknown original alphabet, see images for examples. The modern "Common" seems to share words with the English language (as well as often using the Latin alphabet), mixed with words from an ancient tongue (actually some Welsh, Latin, and other historical languages). For example, half-ogre is the Common term for the race that is a mixture of ogre and orc ancestry, whereas mok'nathal (lower-case) is the Orcish term for the same race. At least two known dialects of true Common exist, a modern dialect, which relies more on English, and the "ancient tongue".
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