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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
The term "Delepasian" (sometimes in the forms ''Delepasan'' or ''Delepase'', from the name Delepas) currently denotes the politically, culturally, and socially dominant and majority group among the non-indigenous groups of [[Rumahoki]], or [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]]-speaking population of [[Pelaxians|Pelaxian]] origin. Their original progenitors, especially in paternal lines, also included smaller numbers of [[Cartadanians]], [[Latinic people|Latins]], and the indigenous [[Vallosi people|Vallosi]] people. Historically, the term "{{wp|mestizo}}" has been used to describe the Pelaxian-speaking colonists further in-land as a group, with ''Vallosi-Pelaxian'' being used to describe the colonists who lived in coastal areas and thus were completely of Pelaxian ancestry; these | The term "Delepasian" (sometimes in the forms ''Delepasan'' or ''Delepase'', from the name Delepas) currently denotes the politically, culturally, and socially dominant and majority group among the non-indigenous groups of [[Rumahoki]], or [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]]-speaking population of [[Pelaxians|Pelaxian]] origin. Their original progenitors, especially in paternal lines, also included smaller numbers of [[Cartadanians]], [[Latinic people|Latins]], and the indigenous [[Vallosi people|Vallosi]] people. Historically, the term "{{wp|mestizo}}" has been used to describe the Pelaxian-speaking colonists further in-land as a group, with ''Vallosi-Pelaxian'' being used to describe the colonists who lived in coastal areas and thus were completely of Pelaxian ancestry; these two terms are not particularly objectionable, but "Delepasian" has been considered a more appropriate term. | ||
By the late eighteenth century, the term was in common usage in the Pelaxian colonies of eastern [[Vallos]]. At one time, ''mestizos'' denoted the Pelaxian-speaking colonists who lived away from the coast: those settlers who engaged in intermarriage more often, and did so regularly regardless of social status. Most Pelaxian-speaking settlers who lived in coastal areas saw themselves as ''Vallosi-Pelaxians'' despite never having intermarried with the indigenous Vallosi. Both terms have remained in use as late as the 1850s. | By the late eighteenth century, the term was in common usage in the Pelaxian colonies of eastern [[Vallos]]. At one time, ''mestizos'' denoted the Pelaxian-speaking colonists who lived away from the coast: those settlers who engaged in intermarriage more often, and did so regularly regardless of social status. Most Pelaxian-speaking settlers who lived in coastal areas saw themselves as ''Vallosi-Pelaxians'' despite never having intermarried with the indigenous Vallosi. Both terms have remained in use as late as the 1850s. | ||
The first recorded instance of a colonist identifying as a Delepasian occurred in July 1797, during the tricentennial of Delepas' discovery of the [[Bahía de Los Rumas]]. When the author [[Juan Guerrero]] wrote, "''Hace trescientos años, el intrépido héroe Mauricio Delepas plantó la bandera de | The first recorded instance of a colonist identifying as a Delepasian occurred in July 1797, during the tricentennial of Delepas' discovery of the [[Bahía de Los Rumas]]. When the author [[Juan Guerrero]] wrote, "''Hace trescientos años, el intrépido héroe Mauricio Delepas plantó la bandera de Pelajia en el hermoso dominio de Delepasia. Nosotros, los delepasianos, deberíamos desarrollar una identidad separada de Pelajia, una identidad en la que abracemos la única fe verdadera sin importar si nuestros antepasados fueron pelajianos, cartadanianos, latinos o los Vallosi, mitificados durante mucho tiempo.''" ("Three hundred years ago, the dauntless hero Mauricio Delepas planted Pelaxia's flag on Delepasia's fair domain. We Delepasians ought to develop an identity separate from Pelaxia, an identity where we embrace the one true faith without regard towards whether our forefathers were Pelaxian, Cartadanian, Latins, or the long-mythologised Vallosi."). Guerrero's words were widely-distributed amongst the Pelaxian colonies, leading to growing sense of national consciousness amongst all colonists regardless of whether they were on the coast or further inland. | ||
==Population== | ==Population== | ||