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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". | |||
===Agriculture and Food=== | ===Agriculture and Food=== | ||
The Kir are a traditionally agrarian people, and much of their identity, folklore, and foodways are rooted in the agricultural lifestyle of their native region. The staple crops of the Kir heartland are the indispensible potato, ''[[Agriculture_in_Great_Kirav#Cereals|dralm]]'', and {{wp|Buckwheat|Coscivian cuckwheat}}. | The Kir are a traditionally agrarian people, and much of their identity, folklore, and foodways are rooted in the agricultural lifestyle of their native region. The staple crops of the Kir heartland are the indispensible potato, ''[[Agriculture_in_Great_Kirav#Cereals|dralm]]'', and {{wp|Buckwheat|Coscivian cuckwheat}}. | ||
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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==== | |||
[[Category:Ethnic groups]] | [[Category:Ethnic groups]] | ||