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-The **Hwimik** ([[language:Hwimpilh]] "persistent ones"; singular **Hwimat**) are a [[xtauh:]] ethnolinguistic group native to the eastern [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:region:Brightness]]. The Hwimik live on what is, even in the Brightness, relatively marginal land; the area has few topographic refuges to speak of, receives rain only intermittently, and, essentially, consists of a scattering of oases in the midst of an arid waste. More hospitable lands to the west and south are unavailable for settlement, being occupied by far more numerous and dangerous groups.+The **Hwimik** ([[language:Hwimpilh]] "persistent ones"; singular **Hwimat**) are a [[xtauh:]] ethnolinguistic group native to the eastern [[geography:sekhaa:region:Brightness]]. The Hwimik live on what is, even in the Brightness, relatively marginal land; the area has few topographic refuges to speak of, receives rain only intermittently, and, essentially, consists of a scattering of oases in the midst of an arid waste. More hospitable lands to the west and south are unavailable for settlement, being occupied by far more numerous and dangerous groups.
    
 Most Hwimik are nomadic, but migrate in seasonal patterns; during the night, when the desert is cooler and more humid, they will go out and forage broadly, while during the day, they will - whenever possible - seek shade and water around their oases, which are also where they lay eggs and rear their young. They are largely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer|hunter-gatherers]], though many of them - particularly [[xtauh:behaviors#male bands]] - are not above extending the definition of hunting to poaching from the herds of neighboring tribes. Some families have managed to make a living from trade; these often run oasis trading posts and general stores, which serve as the nuclei of the daytime encampments. Most Hwimik are nomadic, but migrate in seasonal patterns; during the night, when the desert is cooler and more humid, they will go out and forage broadly, while during the day, they will - whenever possible - seek shade and water around their oases, which are also where they lay eggs and rear their young. They are largely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer|hunter-gatherers]], though many of them - particularly [[xtauh:behaviors#male bands]] - are not above extending the definition of hunting to poaching from the herds of neighboring tribes. Some families have managed to make a living from trade; these often run oasis trading posts and general stores, which serve as the nuclei of the daytime encampments.
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 As with other xtauh, and their evolutionary cousins the [[takma:|takmar]], Hwimik females, when interacting with other females, are notably territorial and possessive of what they consider "theirs". Surprisingly, for a nomadic group, this extends even to land; when a Hwimat matriarch leads her family out at night to forage, she picks a defined area in which to do so, and if she comes across another family group she may very well attempt to bully them into going elsewhere. As with other xtauh, and their evolutionary cousins the [[takma:|takmar]], Hwimik females, when interacting with other females, are notably territorial and possessive of what they consider "theirs". Surprisingly, for a nomadic group, this extends even to land; when a Hwimat matriarch leads her family out at night to forage, she picks a defined area in which to do so, and if she comes across another family group she may very well attempt to bully them into going elsewhere.
    
-In recent cycles, an entire encampment of Hwimik disappeared during their daytime stay at [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:place:Kayemat Oasis]], leaving their much of their gear and uneaten food behind, but no sign of violence. Other Hwimik have since colonized Kayemat - waste not, want not - but those now using it as a base are slightly more paranoid than usual.+In recent cycles, an entire encampment of Hwimik disappeared during their daytime stay at [[geography:sekhaa:landmark:Kayemat Oasis]], leaving their much of their gear and uneaten food behind, but no sign of violence. Other Hwimik have since colonized Kayemat - waste not, want not - but those now using it as a base are slightly more paranoid than usual.
  
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 The language of the Hwimik is [[language:Hwimpilh]]. Its word order is primarily [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%E2%80%93object%E2%80%93verb|SOV]]. Its verbs inflect for the person and number of the subject; its nouns inflect for number and take suffixes to indicate possession; adjectives follow their nouns, and inflect for number in agreement with them. The language of the Hwimik is [[language:Hwimpilh]]. Its word order is primarily [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject%E2%80%93object%E2%80%93verb|SOV]]. Its verbs inflect for the person and number of the subject; its nouns inflect for number and take suffixes to indicate possession; adjectives follow their nouns, and inflect for number in agreement with them.
    
-Hwimpilh is relatively homogenous; although mild variations exist at each oasis, grouping loosely into northern and southern dialects, the dispersal and mobility of most of the tribe's population has prevented major differences from appearing. Hwimpilh is a relative of the languages of the [[culture:ethnicity:pairket|Pa'irket]] and [[culture:ethnicity:Otarkit]] of the western Brightness, but is far separated from them and has absorbed considerable vocabulary from the unrelated languages immediately surrounding it.+Hwimpilh is relatively homogenous; although mild variations exist at each oasis, grouping loosely into northern and southern dialects, the dispersal and mobility of most of the tribe's population has prevented major differences from appearing. Hwimpilh is a relative of the languages of the [[ethnicity:Pa'irket]] and [[ethnicity:Otarkit]] of the western Brightness, but is far separated from them and has absorbed considerable vocabulary from the unrelated languages immediately surrounding it.
  
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