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As of [[2030]], Atavia had a population of 41,435. The population skews younger as is common throughout the [[Nysdra Sea]] basin. The overwhelming majority of the island are ethnically indigenous Atani people, though more than a thousand [[Urcean people|Urceans]] are permanent residents on the island, most of whom are associated with the [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] base RAF Atavia. A small number of unassimilated [[Algosh]] people remain on the island, and they have been the victim of frequent discrimination and attacks by the Atani people since [[Urcea]] took control of the island. A majority of legacy Algosh residents were voluntarily repatriated to the [[Algosh Republic]] in the late 2020s, though some have elected to stay. Educational attainment on the island is moderately low by [[Occident]]al standards, but around 70% of the population is literate. | As of [[2030]], Atavia had a population of 41,435. The population skews younger as is common throughout the [[Nysdra Sea]] basin. The overwhelming majority of the island are ethnically indigenous Atani people, though more than a thousand [[Urcean people|Urceans]] are permanent residents on the island, most of whom are associated with the [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] base RAF Atavia. A small number of unassimilated [[Algosh]] people remain on the island, and they have been the victim of frequent discrimination and attacks by the Atani people since [[Urcea]] took control of the island. A majority of legacy Algosh residents were voluntarily repatriated to the [[Algosh Republic]] in the late 2020s, though some have elected to stay. Educational attainment on the island is moderately low by [[Occident]]al standards, but around 70% of the population is literate. | ||
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Nearly all permanent residents of the island speak Atani. The Atani language is considered by scholars to be a derivation of the Algosh language, though it is uncertain if it is a distinct subset or simply a regional dialect. The Atani language shares the same basic grammatical structure as the Algosh language as well as its morphology, but has significantly different vocabulary such that Atani and Algosh speakers only have the barest amount of mutual intelligibility. Much of the Atani vocabulary originates not from [[Cusinaut]] but to the east, and many phrases are thought to have a shared origin with the [[Quetzenkel|Quetzen]] language. Many scholars believe this to be evidence for the presence of northeastern Cronans forming a large part of the original settlers of the island in the 14th century. Whatever the case may be, the Atani language underwent significant revision during the 20th century. The century and a quarter of Algosh domination on the island led to significant introduction (or re-introduction) of Algosh words and phrases. The Algosh government, in [[1957]], began a program of standardization of the Atani language which, while it did not erase its uniqueness relative to Algosh, introduced many Algosh conventions and functionally imposed Algosh spelling rules onto Atani. Atani still retains these 20th century developments today. | |||
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