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So, I've been trying to find a word which means all the people in the world. One would think of humanity, humankind, mankind, or just people, but I want something that can express the meaning properly while also including all races instead of just "human".
If it helps, what I meant by "something that can express the meaning properly", I don't want elves, orcs, angels, and others to call themselves as "human" when they say "humanity". So, something a bit more universal for them, perhaps?
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"Sophonts", plural of "Sophont", has commonly been used in Science-Fiction since the 1960s.
It is a term for an intelligent/sapient being (the Greek root words are "sophós", meaning "wise", "clever" or "intelligent", and "ṓn" - the present participle of "eimí" - which means "being", "existence", or "that which is")
Alternatively, along the same lines, would just be "Sentients"
Well people does a pretty good job.
Some definitions for people mean exclusively humans
human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
But, some definitions relate more to multiple individuals
the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like
That said I'd probably go for folk.
people of a specified class or group
In some fantasy settings, you often see references to mer-folk or fey-folk, so folk on its own can encompass all races, while not relating to other creatures likes bears for example.
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They all belong to their home planet, so why not calling them after what they have in common, eg. earthlings .
They could as well be "martians", "Alpha Centaurians" or whatever you want to call them.
The computer game Pillars of Eternity used "kith" to describe all sentient members of society, regardless of species. It worked well in a fantasy context.
The meaning is closer to "friends", but it's archaic enough that people don't use it outside of the the set phrase "kith and kin".
Peoples has historically been used when describing people of the world within different regions. For example, in Will Durant's The Story of Civilization:
The first principle of his policy was that the various peoples of his empire should be left free in their religious worship and beliefs, for he fully understood the first principle of statesmanship - that religion is stronger than the state.
This usage is specifically used for people of different ethnicities; I personally don't think there's a prejorative associated with its usage, so I think it's quite apt in this context.
How about sapiens.
Humans are homo sapiens already.
HQ: All vehicles keep on the lookout for a sapien carrying a crossbow. Green hooded jacket, track suit bottoms, and trainers. Warning, may be chaotic evil.
Or "Everykind" or "Everykin". In a world where there are beings you would not describe as humans, but which are able to talk to us, and who live alongside us, it's likely that language itself would be different, meaning you'll have to coin some terms.
K Mo may be right about "folk" as a stand-in for human in a phrase like "We're all human." (I cynically suspect that the expressions between such races would tend to be more along the lines of "None of the rest of you are angels," but that's outside the scope of the question.)
Disclaimer: this answer is useful only if your purpose is to write a novel set in a fictitious world.
You could create an ad-hoc word for it.
Since in world-building usually you create a world with its own mythology and history, you could use names or places from a suitable fictitious myth/legend/hystoric event to create a word to describe all sentient beings.
Just to give you an example.
You could set up a myth about the gods who created the first sentient being, whose name was - let's' say - "Olgon".
After a kind of crysis (something like Olgon disobeyed an order by the gods, or was too powerful/wise and the gods feared him...), Olgon was punished and his body divided into different creatures, from which descended all the different races of the world (elves, orcs, humans...).
So, the sentient beings in your world are defined "Orgonian" (or "Orgonites"), while the group of every sentient being is defined "the Orgonity".
In RPG often used term is for that case is
Humanoids => are any creature shaped generally like a human (two arms, two legs, one head, or a humanlike torso, arms, and head), of Small or Medium size. Most humanoids can speak, and usually have well-developed societies.
link explaining + some races considered humanoid. There are additional races depending on game and setting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
I've always liked "being(s)" in that place. I've read it that way in books before but of course I cannot recall those titles now. It works well in standards sayings; "We're only beings" "we're all beings" "anybeing" "everybeing" and funny enough, a few answers already used it to describe their chosen word without giving it any thought:
"Sophonts" ... is a term for an intelligent/sapient being
Allkind? Or "Everykind" or "Everykin". In a world where there are beings you would not describe as humans...
It can also be defined as:
A real or imaginary living creature or entity, especially an intelligent one.
Which could come in handy if any of your beings happen to be amorphous blobs of light.
