Btw, do we have any indication from canon sources whether and how Faerun’s various languages, and specifically Common (which I guess we’re meant to be speaking in BG3) approach gender when it comes to pronouns or grammar more generally?
I allways presumed common = english. Probably american english, since thats where WotC are from, right?
Well, according to the FR wiki “Common was little more than a trade language; that is, it was not useful for complicated topics. It was simple and not very expressive as a language”. I’m not going to comment on whether that means it could or couldn’t be English, or a cut down version thereof.
It's definitely not English. There is no language like common in real life. Technically, everyone speaks their native language, even humans, who have regional languages like Alzhedo (which is spoken in Calimshan, Amn, Chult, and many other places) and Illuski (which is spoken in the Luskan region and the Moonshae Isles). Common's linguistical parent is Thorass, which is a Human language that was spoken in western Faerun in ancient times.
But this isn't good for streamlining gameplay, so mechanically, everyone speaks Commonspeech. It's like currency. Technically most city states and regions have their own currency, complete with different naming conventions, but this isn't good for streamlining gameplay, so mechanically everyone just has gold, silver, copper, etc.
