I think English is the exception rather than the norm, many languages encode politeness and formality within words and variations of words themselves, although

I think English is the exception rather than the norm, many languages encode politeness and formality within words and variations of words themselves, although where the differences are encoded may change. Eg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_pronouns_in_Portuguese#Forms_of_address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_pronouns_in_Portugues...