#common language

Lots of fantasy worlds do the ‘human/english dominant language’ but I was thinking it'd be more interesting to make a fantasy world's 'Common' language of a creole of several species. I'd call it ‘Comm’ as a pun standing for ‘communal’ and ‘common’. It’s rarely anyone’s first language but almost everyone is fluent in it. Language itself is a horrific mismash that everyone has tried to simplify without offending others. This is impossible:

Dwarves: Contributed lots of words for stone, construction and everything about facial hair. If you major in geology you’re picking up Dwarven linguistics as a minor and vice versa. Live with it!

Elves: Contributed words for textiles, music and High Elves influenced way too much modern magical terms – and arrogance - a at least as they’re taught in most schools of magic.

Orcs: Contributed many martial terms, sure, but more often lots of travel/directions and livestock names – including some species other people don’t consider ‘livestock’. Worgs aren't the worst offenders.

Humans: Contributed words for agriculture, healing (including some surgical ones only humans can survive) and sex. ‘Speaking human’ has become a eupherism in nearly every other non-human language.

Halflings: Contributed words for cooking, meals of the day and quite a few for family – including specifying exactly how people are related to each other in every possible way except whether by blood or adoption.

Gnomes: Contributed words for inventions, tech and mistakes. You can get through most of Mad Artificer Weekly or a drill sergeant's rant from their involvement in the Comm language alone.

Dragons/Dragonborn: All words for wealth come from them, along with the universal fantasy world's momentary system. Mathematics and taste-flavor words halflings didn't give are another major contribution.

Similar hearts speak dissonant phrases / Beauty and pain are a common language / You and I, we're a common language