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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. | 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". | 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=== | ||
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}}. | ||