Imperial Common

Imperial Common is the standard language of the Old Empire and the lingua franca of modern day Anu. Its origins can be traced back to the High-Elves and Humans of Excaria. As the high-elves entered the many courts of the Human Realms, the humans slowly began adopting many of the words and phrases of the high-elves. Eventually, the human language would become a mix of their original Duroth’Tash derived language and the language of the high-elves.
With the founding of the Old Empire, this language was fully formalized and adopted as the official language of the empire. As the empire spread across the planet and conquered the other peoples it came across, It also adopted many loan words from Duroth'Tash and Barindom, after the Dwarves and Shortfolk were conquered by the empire. 
Today three main versions of Imperial Common exist, though the language is spoke in countless dialects, each with their own unique characteristics. Despite their differences, all three versions can communicate with each other without much problem.
=== Modern Imperial Common ===
Modern Imperial Common Is the collection of Imperial dialects found on Ferra. It derived from Ancient Imperial Common after Stormfall, where through natural processes it was made easier to speak and write. 
Today, partly due to Its widespread use and partly due to It being relatively easy to learn, Imperial Common Is the most important language present on the continent. Even lizardfolk are taught some basics of the language.
=== Ancient Imperial Common ===
Ancient Imperial Common is a fossilized language. It is the language used by the early Old Empire, and has more in common with the language of the high-elves than later dialects of Imperial Common. It was still seen as a language of prestige and while not spoken in day to day life became the language of diplomacy, court, and nobility within the Old Empire.
Nowadays, there are very few people who still speak Ancient Imperial Common on Ferra as even the nobility took to Modern Imperial Common. Many scholars, In particular historians, can speak and write the language but rarely use It outside academic contexts, where it is still commonly used.
=== Vernacular Imperial Common ===
Vernacular Imperial Common spawned from Modern Imperial Common when enslaved Beastfolk races began to mix the language of their Imperial masters with their own language. Vernacular Common Is strongly frowned upon by Imperial society, viewing It as a degraded bastardization of their language, and will generally think less of people who use It. 
Today, Vernacular Common is still In common use both Inside and outside of Imperial society on Ferra. In the beast folk societies that escaped the reach of Imperial society, such as the tribes of the Highlands or the many merfolks, Vernacular Common has begun to drift further and further away from Modern Imperial Common. This may be through natural causes or concerted effort to distance themselves from the imperial legacy.