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Well in most fantasy universes, there's a much smaller population per race, and the race tends to be far more unified than our world is. So usually that means a common language. 
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Yeah but I mean, most works of fiction have the main cities or areas of that race. Like for instance, if the main area for elves is a forested land called Aura, it would be more sensible to call their language "Aurish". 

Like, when you create races most authors create like a "homeland" for their races. Even if it was centuries ago their language would still be officially called (homeland + ish) in my mind. 


I would think it would be kinda a funny little thought for a character in a novel/story where an elf is confronted with like a common man, where they are like "sorry I don't speak elvish". But of course their language would have another name and they would have thoughts about the intelligence of the "lesser" races and such. 


EDIT: Just noticed the quote in your sig, Poo. Love it ***thumbs up***