Very much so, to be honest it leans very heavily on the Parsis for how they might function as a group, but with a Greek flair.
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Oskra/Oskrish
Ancestry: Pre-Indo-European Western Europeans.
Language: Oskra/Oskrish; English.
Religion: Okrish Presbyterian - 60%, Oskrish Free Church - 15%, Oskrish Neo-Pagan - 15%, Other or non-religious - 10%.
Culture: Very similar to their Gaelic Highlander neighbors, although much of it was lost after the clearances.
Location: 'Oskland' (Oskra Hral) is an area of around 1/5th of the modern highlands, however after the clearances most of the Oskrish went to live on the Coast or in Glasgow and from there, to other parts of the British Isles and the English Speaking World. There are two separate Oskrish 'colonies' in the New World, one in the United States in Kentucky, 'Oskria', established in 1798, the other in Argentinian Patagonia, 'Purra Hral' (new home), established in 1876.
Brief History.
The Oskra survived the Celtic, Norse and Anglo-Saxon invasions of the island. First mentioned by Tacitus as the Asqurii and as inhabiting most of Scotland North of the Firth of Forth, by the 10th century the Okara are confined to the northern portions of the Highlands. In 989 the last independent Oskra 'kingdom' Axtusi was conquered by Alba.
Until the statutes of Iona the Oskra had lived more or less as a Highland Clan.
However, after the Statutes of Iona, the Illuhkorryuk family were made Earls of Oskland. The Illukorryuks gradually lost their native tongue and their ethnic allegiance, by 1700 they were known as the 'Illwick' family. In the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th century the Illwicks made no bones of using the Enclosures Act to it's full effect and by 1850 Oskland was home to a meager 3,000 Oskrish speakers, who were quickly losing their language.
The main centers of Oskra life then became a series of small coastal towns, particularly Ullapool, Torridon and Tongue, where they lived among their similarly disposed Gaelic neighbors. In addition there were the Oskra of Glasgow. It's estimated that the majority of the Oskra assimilated at this time, however a core group kept their culture and language alive through Oskra language churches, both Presbyterian and non-denominational 'Free Churches'.
In the 19th centuries linguists proved the connection between Oskra and Basque, the only two extant members of the 'North-Atlantic' language family.
However by the 1950's it seemed like the community was in permanent decline, it was estimated that there were fewer than thirty native speakers of Oskra left, all of whom lived in one village outside Ullapool, and only around 10,000 attended Oskra language Churches. While Oskra still lived on in Purra Hral and Oskria, it was in serious danger of dying out in it's homeland.
Then, in the 1960's the Oskra revival began, inspired by the celtic revival. The 1971 census revealed that the number of Oskra speakers had shot up from around 7,000 to 20,000 and was growing. In 1973 James Illwick, the 12th Earl of Oskland, began to rediscover his roots, in 1974 this culminated in reverting his family name to Illukorryuk and helping facilitate the building of the town of Axtusia in traditional Oskland country.
As of 2020 Oskland is now home to more than 15,000 people who use Oskra on a daily basis, it houses eight Oskra language primary schools, an Oskra secondary school and a tertiary educational center sometimes called the 'University of Axtusia'.
Oskra people are well known in some circles as being the European ethnic group among whom neo-paganism is most popular, accounting for some 15% of self-identified Oskra people.
Ancestry: Pre-Indo-European Western Europeans.
Language: Oskra/Oskrish; English.
Religion: Okrish Presbyterian - 60%, Oskrish Free Church - 15%, Oskrish Neo-Pagan - 15%, Other or non-religious - 10%.
Culture: Very similar to their Gaelic Highlander neighbors, although much of it was lost after the clearances.
Location: 'Oskland' (Oskra Hral) is an area of around 1/5th of the modern highlands, however after the clearances most of the Oskrish went to live on the Coast or in Glasgow and from there, to other parts of the British Isles and the English Speaking World. There are two separate Oskrish 'colonies' in the New World, one in the United States in Kentucky, 'Oskria', established in 1798, the other in Argentinian Patagonia, 'Purra Hral' (new home), established in 1876.
Brief History.
The Oskra survived the Celtic, Norse and Anglo-Saxon invasions of the island. First mentioned by Tacitus as the Asqurii and as inhabiting most of Scotland North of the Firth of Forth, by the 10th century the Okara are confined to the northern portions of the Highlands. In 989 the last independent Oskra 'kingdom' Axtusi was conquered by Alba.
Until the statutes of Iona the Oskra had lived more or less as a Highland Clan.
However, after the Statutes of Iona, the Illuhkorryuk family were made Earls of Oskland. The Illukorryuks gradually lost their native tongue and their ethnic allegiance, by 1700 they were known as the 'Illwick' family. In the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th century the Illwicks made no bones of using the Enclosures Act to it's full effect and by 1850 Oskland was home to a meager 3,000 Oskrish speakers, who were quickly losing their language.
The main centers of Oskra life then became a series of small coastal towns, particularly Ullapool, Torridon and Tongue, where they lived among their similarly disposed Gaelic neighbors. In addition there were the Oskra of Glasgow. It's estimated that the majority of the Oskra assimilated at this time, however a core group kept their culture and language alive through Oskra language churches, both Presbyterian and non-denominational 'Free Churches'.
In the 19th centuries linguists proved the connection between Oskra and Basque, the only two extant members of the 'North-Atlantic' language family.
However by the 1950's it seemed like the community was in permanent decline, it was estimated that there were fewer than thirty native speakers of Oskra left, all of whom lived in one village outside Ullapool, and only around 10,000 attended Oskra language Churches. While Oskra still lived on in Purra Hral and Oskria, it was in serious danger of dying out in it's homeland.
Then, in the 1960's the Oskra revival began, inspired by the celtic revival. The 1971 census revealed that the number of Oskra speakers had shot up from around 7,000 to 20,000 and was growing. In 1973 James Illwick, the 12th Earl of Oskland, began to rediscover his roots, in 1974 this culminated in reverting his family name to Illukorryuk and helping facilitate the building of the town of Axtusia in traditional Oskland country.
As of 2020 Oskland is now home to more than 15,000 people who use Oskra on a daily basis, it houses eight Oskra language primary schools, an Oskra secondary school and a tertiary educational center sometimes called the 'University of Axtusia'.
Oskra people are well known in some circles as being the European ethnic group among whom neo-paganism is most popular, accounting for some 15% of self-identified Oskra people.
Ladines
Ladines
The Ladines are the Native vulgar Latin speakers of the Balkan areas and Greece direct descendents of Romans and Romanized people . The Ladines have unique Romanic names and language. During the Byzantine Era they lost their importance when Latin fall out of fashion but in shattered communities they hold on and did surprisingly well for Latin scholars started a secret popular movement to preserve everyday Latin in the Greek state. Also among Slavic and Illyric Nations and Ottoman rule the Ladines preserved their culture well. The independently evolving Ladines language also nicknamed Adriatic Romance even made it to the US in the 19th Century with immigrants arriving. Romanian and Italian Nationalism both claimed the Ladinis as brothers occasionally. Mossulini claimed the Ladines as lost Roman legions. Today approximately 100.000-200.000 Ladines exist.
Totally made up. I mean there's some debate as to whether the Picts were speakers of a celtic language or not and if they weren't then there's a slim chance that they spoke a language somewhat related to Basque, that's kind of the inspiration for the Oskra. I just kind of guessed what a latinised name for them could be.
Pestillonwy
Ancestry: 'Castillian' settlers, Guanche and Taino tribes
Language: the majority of the population speak Pystillon(wi): a pre-unification Spanish dialect with heavy influence from Guanche and Taino languages and minor influence from Gaelic (Welsh, Cornish and Manx) migrants from Europa and Calusan & Muskogean migrants from the mainland.
Religion: 53% Teryane Orthodox, 30% Roman Catholic, 14% various native faiths (majority Zemitan), 3% Undefined.
Culture: a heavily creolized cultural union of Spanish with the native Taino tribes and Guanche slaves bought from the Portuguese, many aspects of the Pestillonwys culture are under threat of disappearing due to concerted efforts by the Teryane federal government to eradicate any remnants of Spanish influence in the region.
Location: historically located in the Central valleys of Grat Dendrie (OTL Hispaniola) and the south coast of Kuhbao (Cuba), most heavily concentrated in the districts of Cabaeny, Alwrard and the port city of Quesiyat, with a spattering of small fishing villages around the Baryate isles (Bahamas), though the federal government has been forcibly relocating tens of thousands to resettlement camps deep into the mainland as tensions with the Spanish colonies to the south have been heating back up.
well here's my first attempt at making a ethnic group with this format, based off of a nation I made for an RP
Ancestry: 'Castillian' settlers, Guanche and Taino tribes
Language: the majority of the population speak Pystillon(wi): a pre-unification Spanish dialect with heavy influence from Guanche and Taino languages and minor influence from Gaelic (Welsh, Cornish and Manx) migrants from Europa and Calusan & Muskogean migrants from the mainland.
Religion: 53% Teryane Orthodox, 30% Roman Catholic, 14% various native faiths (majority Zemitan), 3% Undefined.
Culture: a heavily creolized cultural union of Spanish with the native Taino tribes and Guanche slaves bought from the Portuguese, many aspects of the Pestillonwys culture are under threat of disappearing due to concerted efforts by the Teryane federal government to eradicate any remnants of Spanish influence in the region.
Location: historically located in the Central valleys of Grat Dendrie (OTL Hispaniola) and the south coast of Kuhbao (Cuba), most heavily concentrated in the districts of Cabaeny, Alwrard and the port city of Quesiyat, with a spattering of small fishing villages around the Baryate isles (Bahamas), though the federal government has been forcibly relocating tens of thousands to resettlement camps deep into the mainland as tensions with the Spanish colonies to the south have been heating back up.
well here's my first attempt at making a ethnic group with this format, based off of a nation I made for an RP
Widuites
History: The Widuites (ethno-religious group akin to Yazidi) formed sometime following the christianisation of the Saxons. Unlike their wiser counterparts the stubborn Saxons who would become the Widuites spurned Christianity. The heathen movement was first organised around the powerhungry Widukind. Widukind had disturbed the emperors peace, his goal being to increase his own wealth and power. The army that Widukind gathered was quickly defeated by the Christian king and the faithfull Saxons. Following their defeat, during which Widukind himself was slain, Widukinds followers retreated to Nordalbingia. There their land was ravaged in revenge for Heathen wanton destruction of Christian land and property.
Most who had followed Widukind found christ in time. Though there was a small number who could not be reasoned with. One could ask if the reason why they won't accept christ was their many sins? This group would later organise around Abbi, a warrior who prior to fighting for Widukind had been a Christian monk. Though he left due his unwillingness to discard personal pleasures. Abbi would dedicate his life to preserving heathenry. It is though that he got a sick pleasure from guiding gullible people to hell. Around Abbi several disciples gathered, these disciples would form the nucleus of Widuite priesthood.
Despite his misguided 'beliefs' Abbi did recognise one truth. The fact that there only exists one god. Though he did pervert it, as the old gods still exist in some form to be worshipped. These idols are though of as heroes, superhumans and role models. Several humans have also risen to this godlike status including Widukind and Abbi himself.
Thinking about the Widuites inspires only dissapointment. Though one can comfort oneself by knowning that few if any join the faith. One can take it for granted that a Widuite was born to Widuite parents.
I tried to write from the perspective of a medieval monk.
Ancestry: Primarily Nordalbingian Saxons
Language: Saxon, often called Low German
Religion: Widuism (Based on Germanic paganism with syncretic influences from Christianity, aswell as some independent innovations)
Culture: North German with a Widuite spin
Location: Traditionally Nordalbingia with diaspora across the Baltic and North Seas.
History: The Widuites (ethno-religious group akin to Yazidi) formed sometime following the christianisation of the Saxons. Unlike their wiser counterparts the stubborn Saxons who would become the Widuites spurned Christianity. The heathen movement was first organised around the powerhungry Widukind. Widukind had disturbed the emperors peace, his goal being to increase his own wealth and power. The army that Widukind gathered was quickly defeated by the Christian king and the faithfull Saxons. Following their defeat, during which Widukind himself was slain, Widukinds followers retreated to Nordalbingia. There their land was ravaged in revenge for Heathen wanton destruction of Christian land and property.
Most who had followed Widukind found christ in time. Though there was a small number who could not be reasoned with. One could ask if the reason why they won't accept christ was their many sins? This group would later organise around Abbi, a warrior who prior to fighting for Widukind had been a Christian monk. Though he left due his unwillingness to discard personal pleasures. Abbi would dedicate his life to preserving heathenry. It is though that he got a sick pleasure from guiding gullible people to hell. Around Abbi several disciples gathered, these disciples would form the nucleus of Widuite priesthood.
Despite his misguided 'beliefs' Abbi did recognise one truth. The fact that there only exists one god. Though he did pervert it, as the old gods still exist in some form to be worshipped. These idols are though of as heroes, superhumans and role models. Several humans have also risen to this godlike status including Widukind and Abbi himself.
Thinking about the Widuites inspires only dissapointment. Though one can comfort oneself by knowning that few if any join the faith. One can take it for granted that a Widuite was born to Widuite parents.
I tried to write from the perspective of a medieval monk.
Ancestry: Primarily Nordalbingian Saxons
Language: Saxon, often called Low German
Religion: Widuism (Based on Germanic paganism with syncretic influences from Christianity, aswell as some independent innovations)
Culture: North German with a Widuite spin
Location: Traditionally Nordalbingia with diaspora across the Baltic and North Seas.
Very imaginative although I've got to ask, who's perspective is that description written from? If it's from a specifically Christian perspective I get it because it's so disparaging, however if it's meant to be obvjective it's a little worrying, because the Yazidi are thought of as evil devil-worshipers and that's the reason that ISIS felt so comfortable taking the young women into sexual slavery and trying to genocide the rest.
Thanks
It was meant to be written from the persepective of a Christian monk. Perhaps this specific monk has had a bad encounter with a Widuite?
My idea was to create a minor pagan wank in Europe.
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Massalio-Romans
Ancestry: In the century or so following Hannibal Barca's defeat of Rome in the Second Punic War, a number of Romans moved to the Greek colony of Massalia on the southern coast of Gaul to escape the on-going chaos in the Italian peninsula. Over time the population of Roman migrants grew and evolved into a large community spread across Massalia's maritime 'empire'.
Location: As at 1 CE, cities under Massalian influence such as Nice, Antibes and Agde.
Language: Latin with Greek and Gallic influences (such as slang and loanwords)
Culture: Literary culture is Greco-Roman but material culture demonstrates strong Gallic influences (such as in clothing and decorative items)
Religion: Roman polytheism with recognition of Greek and Gallic equivalent deities.
Ancestry: In the century or so following Hannibal Barca's defeat of Rome in the Second Punic War, a number of Romans moved to the Greek colony of Massalia on the southern coast of Gaul to escape the on-going chaos in the Italian peninsula. Over time the population of Roman migrants grew and evolved into a large community spread across Massalia's maritime 'empire'.
Location: As at 1 CE, cities under Massalian influence such as Nice, Antibes and Agde.
Language: Latin with Greek and Gallic influences (such as slang and loanwords)
Culture: Literary culture is Greco-Roman but material culture demonstrates strong Gallic influences (such as in clothing and decorative items)
Religion: Roman polytheism with recognition of Greek and Gallic equivalent deities.
Name: Newa
Ancestry: The Newari and Kirats
Location: All across the southern portion of the Himalayas (OTL Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kashmir and Ladakh)
Language: Newanese; a mixture of the Newari, Sanskrit, Kirati and Tibetan languages; with roots firmly planted in Tibetan languages as well.
Religion: Vajrayana Buddhism (majority), hinduism (minority), Kusunda Paganism (very few)
Culture: Know to be the 'Child of Tibet and India' the Newa People's show a perfect mixture of Tibetan and Indian cultures all made into one cultural system that has made its own distinct identity.
Original Location: Kathmandu Valley
History: When King Galinja of the Kirati Dynasty died without an heir, the king of the Shakya Kingdom, Nanda Shakya became King of Kasthamandap and Kathmandu beginning the buddhist Shakya Empire. As demographics grew the local Kirati and Shakya Newari people started to cross breed and thus started the Newa People. By the time the Shakya Empire of Nepala Mandala and Tibet fell in 194 AD, reigning for 700 years, the majority population remained in the Newa people.
Ancestry: The Newari and Kirats
Location: All across the southern portion of the Himalayas (OTL Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kashmir and Ladakh)
Language: Newanese; a mixture of the Newari, Sanskrit, Kirati and Tibetan languages; with roots firmly planted in Tibetan languages as well.
Religion: Vajrayana Buddhism (majority), hinduism (minority), Kusunda Paganism (very few)
Culture: Know to be the 'Child of Tibet and India' the Newa People's show a perfect mixture of Tibetan and Indian cultures all made into one cultural system that has made its own distinct identity.
Original Location: Kathmandu Valley
History: When King Galinja of the Kirati Dynasty died without an heir, the king of the Shakya Kingdom, Nanda Shakya became King of Kasthamandap and Kathmandu beginning the buddhist Shakya Empire. As demographics grew the local Kirati and Shakya Newari people started to cross breed and thus started the Newa People. By the time the Shakya Empire of Nepala Mandala and Tibet fell in 194 AD, reigning for 700 years, the majority population remained in the Newa people.
Cimbrians
Alternative names: Gottorpers, Dithmarschers Low Danish, Plat Danish, South Jutish. The name Cimbrians was adopted in 1837, before that date Gottorpers and Dithmarschers was the most common names name of the Cimbrians.
Ancestry: South Jutish, Low German and North Frisians
Location: Southern Jutish Peninsula
Population: 460.000+
Countries: Denmark (450.000) Germany (10.000+)
Languages: Cimbrian (Scandinavian dialect unrelated to the Cimbrian language in Italy), Danish, German, Low German and North Frisian.
Religion: Danish-Cimbrian Reformed Church, The Free Cimbrian Church of Germany, Cimbrian Free Churches (Calvinist).
History: the modern history of the Cimbrians goes back to Duke Johan Adolf of Gottorp-Dithmarschen, his conversion to Calvinism are by historians seen as creation of the Cimbrians, this is also recognized by most Cimbrians. As such the exclaves/enclaves of the duchy became reformed and with the creation of the Gottorp Bible in 1649 (which was first standardization of the Cimbrian language) and the establishment of Tönning University in 1663 the Cimbrians became distinct from their Danish, Frisian and German neighbors. With the Great Northern War, the Duchy was split with the Gottorp coming under Danish rule, it was only in 1772 they were reunited again. With the rise of German nationalism Cimbrians was defined as German by German nationalists, the Cimbrian national awakening in the 1830ties came as a counter to that, and defined Cimbrians as a brother nation to the Danish nation. But with the independence of Holstein in 1863, the Cimbrians of Kiel Amt became part of Germany. Later with the unification of Lutheran and Calvinist Churches of Holstein, most Cimbrians of Holstein were assimilated into German culture.
Modern status: Cimbrian is co-official language of Denmark with 7% of the population official speaking it, thanks to the high degree of mutual intelligibility most Danes understand the language. In Holstein, the language enjoys official minority status.
Controversies: Unofficial almost 1 million people speak Cimbrian, as the Danish South Jutish dialects are almost completely similar to Cimbrian, there have been some push for making Cimbrian the sole school language of South Jutland, but the Lutheran South Jutes strongly define themselves as separate from the Cimbrians and the North Frisian strongly object to the idea.
Medias: Beside several private newspapers, tv and radio channel, the main media of the Cimbrians is the public broadcaster KR (formerly Kribrien Radio). Translation into Cimbrian of popular books are common, but the small size of the language and the fact that all Cimbrians speaks Danish means that more narrow books are rarely translated.
Alternative names: Gottorpers, Dithmarschers Low Danish, Plat Danish, South Jutish. The name Cimbrians was adopted in 1837, before that date Gottorpers and Dithmarschers was the most common names name of the Cimbrians.
Ancestry: South Jutish, Low German and North Frisians
Location: Southern Jutish Peninsula
Population: 460.000+
Countries: Denmark (450.000) Germany (10.000+)
Languages: Cimbrian (Scandinavian dialect unrelated to the Cimbrian language in Italy), Danish, German, Low German and North Frisian.
Religion: Danish-Cimbrian Reformed Church, The Free Cimbrian Church of Germany, Cimbrian Free Churches (Calvinist).
History: the modern history of the Cimbrians goes back to Duke Johan Adolf of Gottorp-Dithmarschen, his conversion to Calvinism are by historians seen as creation of the Cimbrians, this is also recognized by most Cimbrians. As such the exclaves/enclaves of the duchy became reformed and with the creation of the Gottorp Bible in 1649 (which was first standardization of the Cimbrian language) and the establishment of Tönning University in 1663 the Cimbrians became distinct from their Danish, Frisian and German neighbors. With the Great Northern War, the Duchy was split with the Gottorp coming under Danish rule, it was only in 1772 they were reunited again. With the rise of German nationalism Cimbrians was defined as German by German nationalists, the Cimbrian national awakening in the 1830ties came as a counter to that, and defined Cimbrians as a brother nation to the Danish nation. But with the independence of Holstein in 1863, the Cimbrians of Kiel Amt became part of Germany. Later with the unification of Lutheran and Calvinist Churches of Holstein, most Cimbrians of Holstein were assimilated into German culture.
Modern status: Cimbrian is co-official language of Denmark with 7% of the population official speaking it, thanks to the high degree of mutual intelligibility most Danes understand the language. In Holstein, the language enjoys official minority status.
Controversies: Unofficial almost 1 million people speak Cimbrian, as the Danish South Jutish dialects are almost completely similar to Cimbrian, there have been some push for making Cimbrian the sole school language of South Jutland, but the Lutheran South Jutes strongly define themselves as separate from the Cimbrians and the North Frisian strongly object to the idea.
Medias: Beside several private newspapers, tv and radio channel, the main media of the Cimbrians is the public broadcaster KR (formerly Kribrien Radio). Translation into Cimbrian of popular books are common, but the small size of the language and the fact that all Cimbrians speaks Danish means that more narrow books are rarely translated.
Eparkhos
Banned
Rhaptioi:
Ancestry: Byzantine (Mixed Greek, Turkish and Albanians), Khoikhoi people (!Urill'aekua, !Urill'ael'ona)
Language: Rhaptioi (Byzantine Greek with heavy Turkish and Khoikhoi elements and smaller amounts of Albanian, Bulgarian and Xhosa)
Location: Sub-escarpmental Southern Africa
Religion: Orthodox Christianity, often with heavy folk elements
Population: ~8 Million
Countries: Rhaptia (~5.5 Million), Garibia (~1 Million), Suid-Afrika (~1/2 Million), Other (1.5 Million)
Culture: Intermixture of Byzantine Greek and Khoikhoi, once again with heavy Turkish elements. Society is based on the extended family unit, and most people either fish or farm for a living, albeit with a minority (~1/3) living in urban areas. Holidays are both traditional Orthodox feast days and traditional festivals thinly disguised as Saint's days. Their cuisine is, like in the mother country, fish and/or grain based, with the most common type of meat being sheep.
History: The first Byzantines arrived at Megalotrapezous (Cape Town) in 1514, as a trade colony and relay post (that was also a thinly veiled middle finger to the Portuguese, their primary trade rivals. Although Megalotrapezous would trade hands between the Byzzies, Dutch and Portuguese for the next four centuries, the Byzantines would send the most men to cement their control over both the port and the hinterland; These settlers interbred with the local tribes, and overtime the new culture became dominant across all of the sub-escarpment, as far east as Baia Leitosa (Kynsyna). While the ports would have various rulers, the hinterland would always remain firmly Rhaptioi from the early 17th Century onwards. They were subjugated by the Dutch in the mid 19th Century, but after half a century of occupation the Rhaptioi rose alongside the Afro-Portuguese societies in the west and the Xhosa* in the Karoos expelled them, forming the modern Republic of Onotion (Rhaptioi name; Its other names are Sulista and Emazantsi)
Ancestry: Byzantine (Mixed Greek, Turkish and Albanians), Khoikhoi people (!Urill'aekua, !Urill'ael'ona)
Language: Rhaptioi (Byzantine Greek with heavy Turkish and Khoikhoi elements and smaller amounts of Albanian, Bulgarian and Xhosa)
Location: Sub-escarpmental Southern Africa
Religion: Orthodox Christianity, often with heavy folk elements
Population: ~8 Million
Countries: Rhaptia (~5.5 Million), Garibia (~1 Million), Suid-Afrika (~1/2 Million), Other (1.5 Million)
Culture: Intermixture of Byzantine Greek and Khoikhoi, once again with heavy Turkish elements. Society is based on the extended family unit, and most people either fish or farm for a living, albeit with a minority (~1/3) living in urban areas. Holidays are both traditional Orthodox feast days and traditional festivals thinly disguised as Saint's days. Their cuisine is, like in the mother country, fish and/or grain based, with the most common type of meat being sheep.
History: The first Byzantines arrived at Megalotrapezous (Cape Town) in 1514, as a trade colony and relay post (that was also a thinly veiled middle finger to the Portuguese, their primary trade rivals. Although Megalotrapezous would trade hands between the Byzzies, Dutch and Portuguese for the next four centuries, the Byzantines would send the most men to cement their control over both the port and the hinterland; These settlers interbred with the local tribes, and overtime the new culture became dominant across all of the sub-escarpment, as far east as Baia Leitosa (Kynsyna). While the ports would have various rulers, the hinterland would always remain firmly Rhaptioi from the early 17th Century onwards. They were subjugated by the Dutch in the mid 19th Century, but after half a century of occupation the Rhaptioi rose alongside the Afro-Portuguese societies in the west and the Xhosa* in the Karoos expelled them, forming the modern Republic of Onotion (Rhaptioi name; Its other names are Sulista and Emazantsi)
Sindhustani / Hindustani
Language: Modified Sanskrit with Iranian and Turkic influences
Ancestry: Proto-Indo-European, Turkic, Mongol
Religion: Syncretized Zoroastrianism-Hinduism (not sure what to call it)
Culture: Incursions and conquests by Iranians and later by Zoroastrian Turco-Mongol converts in the 14th century lead to a reconciled form of Zoroastrianism and Hinduism (e.g., Soma rituals, fire rituals, blur Asura / Deva dichotomy)
Location: Located in the Indus River Plain in OTL Pakistan.
PODs should be before the Arabic conquests of the Sassanid Empire.
Language: Modified Sanskrit with Iranian and Turkic influences
Ancestry: Proto-Indo-European, Turkic, Mongol
Religion: Syncretized Zoroastrianism-Hinduism (not sure what to call it)
Culture: Incursions and conquests by Iranians and later by Zoroastrian Turco-Mongol converts in the 14th century lead to a reconciled form of Zoroastrianism and Hinduism (e.g., Soma rituals, fire rituals, blur Asura / Deva dichotomy)
Location: Located in the Indus River Plain in OTL Pakistan.
PODs should be before the Arabic conquests of the Sassanid Empire.
Sójbels
Origin: Bulgar Janissaries that escaped the Auspicious Incident and found shelter on the Bornu Empire, traveling acrosss the Sahara to escape Murad new armies.
Ancestry: Most of the Sójbels were Bulgars and Greeks, since the ortas that arrived to Bornu were from Rumelia.
Religion: Islam with folk religions.
Language: Sojbel is a variety of bulgar with many turkish and kanembu loans. Until now, its the only african language written in cyrilic.
Location: South Niger, North Nigeria and Bornu (OTL South Chad and north Camerun).
Culture: Sójbels still practise bulgar fire dances, but they also adopted many costumes of the local peoples, like cuisine.
Origin: Bulgar Janissaries that escaped the Auspicious Incident and found shelter on the Bornu Empire, traveling acrosss the Sahara to escape Murad new armies.
Ancestry: Most of the Sójbels were Bulgars and Greeks, since the ortas that arrived to Bornu were from Rumelia.
Religion: Islam with folk religions.
Language: Sojbel is a variety of bulgar with many turkish and kanembu loans. Until now, its the only african language written in cyrilic.
Location: South Niger, North Nigeria and Bornu (OTL South Chad and north Camerun).
Culture: Sójbels still practise bulgar fire dances, but they also adopted many costumes of the local peoples, like cuisine.
Guamboricans: (Guamburiken: Wanen n Tburikwat)
Ancestry: Guanche, Spanish, West African, and Taino. According to recent genetic studies, the average Guamborican is 40% Guanche, 37% Spanish, 22% Taino, and 1% West African
Language: Guamburiken, a creole based on Spanish and Guanche with Taino and West African loanwords
Location: Quisqueya¹, with diaspora in the United States
Religion: Chagraguism, a syncretic religion based on Christianity and the Guanche religion that worships the sun mother, Chagragui (derived from Guanche čaɣiraɣi)
Population: 100,000 in Quisqueya, almost 50,000 in the United States
Culture: Their culture is similar to many Latinos in the Caribbean, with some notable exceptions. Due to the Spanish Inquisition, the Guamboricans had to disguise their beliefs as a weird sect of Christianity. A notable example is using Chagragui as a equivalent of the Virgin Mary, and incorporating her son Jesus (Araw n Marya in Guamburiken) as a deity in Chagraguism. As a result, there is a Holy Trinity in Chagraguism between the Father, the Mother, and the Son, with the Mother being viewed as superior to the other two. The Father is referred to as Magec, from the Guamburiken word for father. He is loosely based on the Abrahamic God, the Sun God of the Guanches, and Joseph, the father of Jesus. Guamboricans also believe in Christian saints, but view them as lesser gods rather than mere mortals.
History: The Guamboricans originate from mixed Guanche and Spanish individuals who were resettled in the Quisqueyan island of Boricua at the start of the 16th century. They mixed with the native Tainos in the area due to their shared history of being conquered by Spain, and began to form a distinctive ethnic group over time. Modern Guamboricans have little West African admixture due to the fact that they were already an established ethnic group by the time the Atlantic Slave Trade was in full swing. Any West African DNA comes from runaway slaves or intermarriage with regular Latino Puerto Ricans. Some Guamboricans would end up becoming pretty famous, with some examples being the former President of the Republic of Quisqueya (Armiche Pérez de Tamarán) and the famous actor Vicente de Amcasa. Vicente’s last name originates from the Berber word amksa, meaning “shepherd”.
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1. Quisqueya is a country encompassing the OTL Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Ancestry: Guanche, Spanish, West African, and Taino. According to recent genetic studies, the average Guamborican is 40% Guanche, 37% Spanish, 22% Taino, and 1% West African
Language: Guamburiken, a creole based on Spanish and Guanche with Taino and West African loanwords
Location: Quisqueya¹, with diaspora in the United States
Religion: Chagraguism, a syncretic religion based on Christianity and the Guanche religion that worships the sun mother, Chagragui (derived from Guanche čaɣiraɣi)
Population: 100,000 in Quisqueya, almost 50,000 in the United States
Culture: Their culture is similar to many Latinos in the Caribbean, with some notable exceptions. Due to the Spanish Inquisition, the Guamboricans had to disguise their beliefs as a weird sect of Christianity. A notable example is using Chagragui as a equivalent of the Virgin Mary, and incorporating her son Jesus (Araw n Marya in Guamburiken) as a deity in Chagraguism. As a result, there is a Holy Trinity in Chagraguism between the Father, the Mother, and the Son, with the Mother being viewed as superior to the other two. The Father is referred to as Magec, from the Guamburiken word for father. He is loosely based on the Abrahamic God, the Sun God of the Guanches, and Joseph, the father of Jesus. Guamboricans also believe in Christian saints, but view them as lesser gods rather than mere mortals.
History: The Guamboricans originate from mixed Guanche and Spanish individuals who were resettled in the Quisqueyan island of Boricua at the start of the 16th century. They mixed with the native Tainos in the area due to their shared history of being conquered by Spain, and began to form a distinctive ethnic group over time. Modern Guamboricans have little West African admixture due to the fact that they were already an established ethnic group by the time the Atlantic Slave Trade was in full swing. Any West African DNA comes from runaway slaves or intermarriage with regular Latino Puerto Ricans. Some Guamboricans would end up becoming pretty famous, with some examples being the former President of the Republic of Quisqueya (Armiche Pérez de Tamarán) and the famous actor Vicente de Amcasa. Vicente’s last name originates from the Berber word amksa, meaning “shepherd”.
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1. Quisqueya is a country encompassing the OTL Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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Romanglish (Roman+Anglish)
Ancestry: Anglo-saxon, roman and celtic
Religion: Patriarchal christianty
Language: Somewhat similar to OTL english but with more germanic and celtic vocabulary instead of french vocabulary
Location: all around the british isles, although mostly in the big cities
Population: around 500,000 (keep in mind that these are the upper class of society)
Ancestry: Anglo-saxon, roman and celtic
Religion: Patriarchal christianty
Language: Somewhat similar to OTL english but with more germanic and celtic vocabulary instead of french vocabulary
Location: all around the british isles, although mostly in the big cities
Population: around 500,000 (keep in mind that these are the upper class of society)
Aleksandrian,Romance Estonic or Muhunian(the Saint Lazzarus Order Invaded Muhu Island First)(aka Romantic Estonian,or Saint Lazzarus Order Elite´s Language)
Language: a Merge of French and German with some Native(Estonian) and Italian influence
Ancestry: Crusaders from Saint Lazzarus Order(the order that replaced Livonian,teutonic order,avoiding germanization antempts)
Religion: Christianism
Culture: Estonian Culture with French influence with the Language begining of Romance Languages Family
Basicaly a Latin Order(requested by estonian-christian community) replaces Germanic ones,but gets dissolved by Mongol Empire Later
the Language don´t replaces Modern Estonian,neither Livonian(finnic) or Seto-Voro Languages
Language: a Merge of French and German with some Native(Estonian) and Italian influence
Ancestry: Crusaders from Saint Lazzarus Order(the order that replaced Livonian,teutonic order,avoiding germanization antempts)
Religion: Christianism
Culture: Estonian Culture with French influence with the Language begining of Romance Languages Family
Basicaly a Latin Order(requested by estonian-christian community) replaces Germanic ones,but gets dissolved by Mongol Empire Later
the Language don´t replaces Modern Estonian,neither Livonian(finnic) or Seto-Voro Languages
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I am unsure what to call these people, but imagine a mix of the Vikings and Algonquin tribes. When the Europeans 'discover' America they are met with sword wielding indigenous vikings who put up a hard fight against them and have a bizarre mythology combining aspects of Norse and native mythology.
I think that would depend on who absorbed whom. If it was the Norse then I think they'd probably just call themselves Vinlanders/ Vínlendingar.
Small, Isolated communities often retain archaic forms of a language and don't evolve as fast as. However, if there's more of a mix with the Algonquin you might want to do a little research on Algonquin languages to give them a more suitable name.
Where exactly do you imagine these people living? At least prior to sustained contact with Europe?