Faerunian

Faerunian, also Faerun Common, and sometimes Bastard Tongue was the most ubiquitous language of Toril. It was comparable to real-world English (just for ease - don't go getting blown away with English's origins). Many people spoke some of it.
== Origins ==
It was initially descended from Old Vrei. 
At the time when the Tarkassic languages were spreading onto continental Faerun around -2300DR with the advent of the Old Rakki-speaking founders of Kol Darim, the contemporary tongue of the native Vreigardt peoples was evolving too elsewhere, and it diverged in the east, amongst the Tarkas Vreigardts mainly.
Though the Darim remained in their enclave and over time their tongue shifted to just Darim, their influence was felt in the contemporary languages of Galikhnar and Brackian - after all, it was the Darim who brought Rakki to Faerun. Both these languages drew their grammar from Turmic languages like Tbikhlan and Fallonese, found in certain elements. 
== Ferran ==
Meanwhile, as the Tarkas Vreigardts (such as the Lupkówans) traded with the Brackians in the era from -2300 to -1800, the dying Brackian speech assimilated with theirs heavily, broadening their vocabulary and shifting the grammar a lot. The result was known as Ferran, which reached its peak sometime after -1800.
== Rakki-Ferran ==
Ferran underwent a second great influx with the arrival of the Skýndrar in the -1700s, with many interesting words making their way into Ferran speech. The bastardised result was Rakki-Ferran, a tongue with degrees of mixedness and intelligibility. 
== Faerunian ==
Over a long period of time, many other languages bled their vocabulary, but not grammar, into Rakki-Ferran. It drew a significant number of its more complex words for science and magic from Nethir, its words on religion and culture from Vulgar Cleric-inter-Luskan, its seafaring words from Vortais, and a whole host more. 
 All in all as you may have guessed, Faerunian was often referred to as the 'bastard tongue' for good reason.
== Examples of Changes ==
Core vocabulary and grammar changed often throughout the languages' histories. Depending on the vocab and even the context, the influences could be seen. Here are some examples. First up, comparisons of Faerunian itself throughout its own direct history.
Phrase 	Today I saw a bear in the forest. 	What did the bear look like?
Old Vrei 	Adzje nj nzidi ȩfyrszr zspett 	Wȩ nzidi ek ka̧rnn?
Ferran 	Ad Dzei nj zspeta enzidi ȩ zj fyrsź	Wȩ nzidi ȩka̧rnn?
Rakki-Ferran	Aðaj éj spáta bjónne enðe fyrs 	Hvóld bjónne enne ekarne?
Faerunian 	Adaj ej spatta an bjonn ende fyrs 	Hvol d bjonn ekarne?
In these first examples, the Rakki word for bear 'bjónne' replaced the Old Vrei stem 'nzidi', as did it replace the first person pronoun 'nj' with 'éj'. Additionally, the shift in word order is apparent. It is clear Rakki brought in much new grammar. Some other of its notable new words were suited to Rakki culture, and a great shift from Old Vrei's word choice: 
Word 	Axe 	Raider 	Meeting	Great, Grand	Friend
Old Vrei 	Zjop	Kalzȩa 	Kowya 	Groža 	Tovye
Rakki-Ferran	Éks 	Skýndr 	Þing 	Rðikki 	Vinnr
Faerunian 	Eks 	Skyndar	Theng 	Riki 	Vin
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