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*'''Svéarans''' - Originally from the [[Svéara Peninsula]] and adjacent [[Bissáv|Bissáv State]], Svéaran Kir have scattered across the world as sailors, merchants, and pioneers. | *'''Svéarans''' - Originally from the [[Svéara Peninsula]] and adjacent [[Bissáv|Bissáv State]], Svéaran Kir have scattered across the world as sailors, merchants, and pioneers. | ||
*'''Lékaśran Kir''' - Traditionally associated with [[Váuadra]]. | *'''Lékaśran Kir''' - Traditionally associated with [[Váuadra]]. | ||
*'''Xusran Kir''' - Traditionally associated with [[Hiterna]]. | |||
*'''Sou'western Kir''' - Kir and Kiravic-speakers in [[Sixua]] Province and [[Iunan]] Province. | |||
*'''Fenian Kir''' - Clans of mixed Gaelic and Kir ancestry, most of whom speak the Fenian Kiravic dialect with strong [[Fhasen]] influence. | |||
'''Caste subgroups''' | '''Caste subgroups''' | ||
*'''Tróturkir''' - A tanning and butchering caste of Etivéra and Váuadra. | *'''Tróturkir''' - A tanning and butchering caste of Etivéra and Váuadra, historically marginalised as ''[[harsitem]]''. | ||
*'''Veıronem''' - Small caste group living mainly in Kaviska, Kastera, and Kernea, traditionally employed as turnip-hoërs. | |||
*'''Basprovians''' - Fluvial fishing caste of southern Hiterna, Kernea, and the central provinces. | |||
'''Religious and sectarian subgroups''' | '''Religious and sectarian subgroups''' | ||
*'''Krakyerkir''' - Ethnic Kir {{wp|Shi'a Muslims}}. | *'''Krakyerkir''' - Ethnic Kir {{wp|Shi'a Muslims}}. | ||
*'''Muhakir''' - Ethnic Kir {{wp|Sunni Muslims}}, many of ''[[harsitem]]'' background. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
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The apical Kir kinship unit of cultural importance is the clan (''tanak''). Kir clans originally shared a common surname, though over time 'family names' denoting a particular ''dóntra'' displaced clan surnames among most non-elite families, with the clan name being retained as a secondary part of an individual's full name. Kirish clans had already ceased to function as socio-political or economic units by the time of Christianisation, and today they are mainly of genealogical interest. | The apical Kir kinship unit of cultural importance is the clan (''tanak''). Kir clans originally shared a common surname, though over time 'family names' denoting a particular ''dóntra'' displaced clan surnames among most non-elite families, with the clan name being retained as a secondary part of an individual's full name. Kirish clans had already ceased to function as socio-political or economic units by the time of Christianisation, and today they are mainly of genealogical interest. | ||
===Language=== | |||
''Main article: [[Kiravic Coscivian]]''<br> | |||
The Kir are native speakers of Kiravic Coscivian, which owes its status as a federal official language and nationwide language of business and inter-ethnic communication to the influence of the Kir. Kiravic is a polycentric language with numerous dialects and significant variations in vocabulary, phonology, and even grammar across its native range. | |||
In writing, ethnic Kir overwhelmingly prefer the ''nohærikíma'' register of written Kiravic, also known as 'Literary Kiravic'. Literary Kiravic does not closely correspond with any of the spoken dialects, but native Kiravic-speakers consider its recension of the language to be more "organic" and "mature" than the government-sponsored Standard Kiravic, which many native speakers find simultaneously "artificial", "oversimplified", and "corporate", and which has a history of being designed for and primarily taught to non-native speakers outside the Kir heartland. | |||
Dialectal Kiravic carries higher social status than regional dialects of most other languages, and dialectal speech is used even in formal contexts, such as speeches before the [[Stanora]]. Most ethnic Kir thus communicate ''orórona ardē, nohærix kímē'' ([by] "dialect in speech, Nohæric in script"). This unusual situation is due to several factors, including widespread rejection of Standard Kiravic by native speakers when it was promoted by the [[Kiravian Union]], and regionalised provincial control of broadcasting and education since reunification, which helped to preserve the dignity and transmission of regional dialects. | |||
===Agriculture and Food=== | ===Agriculture and Food=== | ||
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===Religion and Spirituality=== | ===Religion and Spirituality=== | ||
The heritage religion of the Kir people as a whole falls under the umbrella of "Lunar monotheism" that developed from prehistoric {{wt|selenolatry|selenolatry}}, which is shared with most other Coscivian peoples and continues today in the form of [[Sarostivism]] as an institutional religion. During the process of Christianisation, many folk-Sarostivist images, symmbols, and devotions were redefined in a Christian theological framework and incorporated into the rituals and iconography of the Coscivian Orthodox Church and subsequently the Coscivian Catholic Church. | The heritage religion of the Kir people as a whole falls under the umbrella of "Lunar monotheism" that developed from prehistoric {{wt|selenolatry|selenolatry}}, which is shared with most other Coscivian peoples and continues today in the form of [[Sarostivism]] as an institutional religion. During the process of Christianisation, many folk-Sarostivist images, symmbols, and devotions were redefined in a Christian theological framework and incorporated into the rituals and iconography of the Coscivian Orthodox Church and subsequently the Coscivian Catholic Church. | ||
====Funerary culture==== | |||
====Ghosts==== | |||
===Lore=== | |||
The Kir canon of lore draws from a native base shared in common with other Kironic peoples, the Imperial-Classical canon, and Postclassical folklore that developed later in history. Kir traditional narratives, oral literature, and cultural classics encode core elements of intangible Kirish culture, such as their cosmovision, history, basis of customary law and other social norms, and value system, as well as a rich body of knowledge about their natural and cultivated surroundings, and transmit this knowledge from one generation to another. In addition to cohesive narratives, the Kir maintain a large body of more concise proverbs and adages that serve a similar purpose as cultural watchwords. | |||
===Timespace=== | |||
Like other Coscivian peoples, the Kir conceptualise time in spatial terms and generally do not view time as an independent natural force or a linear progression, much less a currency-like expendable resource as Ænglo-Gothic cultures do, but rather as a rotating series of subdivisible compartments. As such, the Kir do not speak of 'making time' for something, but they can 'carve [it] out'. Time is not 'spent', but rather 'filled', and not 'wasted' but rather 'hollowed' or 'stuffed', depending on the context. | |||
Traditional Kir timekeeping divides the day into four quarters, each of which is subdivided into five ''marr'' for a total of 20 ''marr'' in a day. Each ''marr'' in turn comprises 20 ''þórr'' (3.6 minutes). Although most modern Kir are familiar with the Occidental 24-hour clock, which is used in parallel for many business purposes (as well as in scientific-technical contexts and the military), most schedules in Kiravic-speaking regions are still set according to the quarter-''marr''-''þórr'' clock, including for civil purposes. | |||
===Material culture=== | |||
====Vernacular architecture==== | |||
====Dress==== | |||
==Notable Kir people== | |||
*[[Agaþa Kunobelin]] - Governor of [[Argévia]] | |||
*[[List_of_Kiravian_academics#R.A._Pimagrumav|R.A. Pimagrumav]] - Dialectologist of the Kiravic language | |||
*[[Carinþius Stólevrin]] - Theatre commander of Kiravian forces during the [[Final War of the Deluge]] | |||
==Notes== | |||
[[Category:Ethnic groups]] | [[Category:Ethnic groups]] | ||