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Over a third of the population speak Suderavian Coscivian as their native language, over a third speak Covine as their native language, and 11% speak Skithanawite as their native language. Dramatic language shift has been underway since liberation: The share of native Covine speakers is rapidly diminishing due to emigration, abandonment of the language by Coscivians and Skithanawites, and lack of official support/affirmative suppression by the government. While the percentage of Suderavian-born ethnic Covine children speaking Covine at home holds more or less stable at around 90%, the total Covine population itself has declined steeply. The percentage of Suderavian-born Coscivian children speaking Covine at home has collapsed from ~40-50% before liberation to under 20%, though there is reason to believe that Coscivian households underreport the extent to which they use Covine. Many households that are bilingual or even primarily Covine-speaking may report to be Coscivian-speaking for reasons related to ethnic identity. A series of observational studies conducted by the University of Duniver found that it is still common for urban adult Coscivians in Suderavia to speak Covine with other Coscivians, and even more common to employ various forms of code-switching between Coscivian and Covine. The same studies concluded that use of Covine by Coscivians has almost entirely disappeared from rural and mountain areas, while its use in urban areas has declined much more gradually.  

===Religion===