It's one part win trading, one part player immaturity, and one part Blizz's ongoing fetish for 'muh fakshun tenshunz.'
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Pandaren had their faction languages replaced with the factionless Pandaren in Legion, too. Or, more accurately, now when you pick a faction your pandaren doesn't lose their initial language, you just gain Common/Orcish.