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Uneducated is probably best. For all we know, that barbarian is conversational and literate in 3 different non-common languages, can communicate in 6 and has a doctorate from a far eastern university - barbarian is a class, not a job or ethnicity.
In the real world, there are many places with a high density of non-European languages.
Wouldn't the allegory for class be job? Or maybe career?
Not really. D&D characters have jobs (unless they're unemployed), the class just describes a set of skills that would (hopefully) be useful for that job. Class is more equivalent to a university degree or trade school diploma - it usually suggests certain jobs, but those skills are usually useful and sought after in many different careers.
Warriors can have many different jobs, like bodyguard, townguard, soldier/mercenary, robber, brigand, monarch, hunter, or something completely different like university professor and the character just takes their exercise regimen really seriously.
So they're more of just skill sets (lol obviously).
I guess my mental dissonance came from you saying "it's a class, not a job ...", when naturally, skill sets are critically important to jobs! I guess a bit of a Venn diagram type confusion. lol Saying "not" about overlapping circles can get interesting with interpretations.