Isurians
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Caphiria | XXX |
 Cartadania | XXX |
 Pelaxia | XXX |
 Rumahoki | XXX |
| Languages | |
| Isurian language | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic (both Latin and Caphiric rites) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cartadanians, Pelaxians, Delepasians | |
Isurians are an ethnic group native to west Sarpedon. They are closely related to both the Cartadanian and Pelaxian peoples. Their historic homeland is Isuriana, a land mostly part of modern-day Caphiria, and Isurians are well-integrated within the culture of Caphiria. Within Caphiria, ethnic Isurians are also present in large numbers in the provinces of Suvera and Santicino. Isurians also played a major role in the Pelaxian colonization of Vallos, and their descendants played an important role in the establishment of the Delepasian culture.
History
Culture
Language
The Isurian language developed in tandem with the earliest versions of the Cartadanian language, both emerging out of the Vulgar Latin being spoken in western Sarpedon during the middle and latter half of the first millennia. Most scholars describe Isurian as a regional dialect of what is referred to as Aleo-Cartadanian, or Old Cartadanian, first recorded in the 9th century. Contemporaries generally regarded Isurian as part of the general northwestern Proto-Cartadanian language, though minor variations continued to develop through the reign of Caphiria's Second Imperium. Significantly, continued interaction with people speaking the earliest iterations of the Pelaxian language introduced several novelties to the Isurian dialect not present further north. A late Second Imperium document dating to around 1150 written in Isurian attests clear divergences, divergences that were likely greater in the spoken form than the written form. With the emergence of an independent Isurian Kingdom in the 12th century, a minor cultural renaissance occurred among the Isurians which included many new written stories, songs, and other cultural artifacts that entrenched the Isurian language. Although the Isurians were eventually included in both the Third Imperium and Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth, local administrators continued to use Isurian for most day-to-day documents, and local artists and writers continued to create an Isurian linguistic canon that survives to this day. In 1870, the Caphirian government began a program of standardizing written Isurian; this program not only streamlined the language but introduced some Latin terminology to improve written mutual intelligibility between the Caphiric Latin majority and Isurian minority.