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 ====== Ixhwanlhai ======
-The Ixhwanlhai [i.xʍan.l̥ai] are a [[xtauh:]] ethnolinguistic group, or rather meta-group, most spread throughout the central and north-central [[avishraa:community:Brightness]]. There is little group consciousness at this level; though individuals who have the opportunity to be familiar with other Ixhwanlhai are generally aware that they have more in common culturally than with non-Ixhwanlhai, they identify mainly with their own subgroup and generally view other subgroups as foreigners who happen to speak the [[language:ixhwambexti|same language]] and are slightly more 'civilized' in their behavior. This is not necessarily a barrier to conflict, and indeed some of the worst rivalries are between subgroups that have the most in common (cf. the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Flitting Hargh People]] and the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Jagged Tooth People]], who diverged from each other within [[item:text:diary_of_a_xtauh#origins|historical memory]] and differ mainly in location).
+The Ixhwanlhai [i.xʍan.l̥ai] are a [[xtauh:]] ethnolinguistic group, or rather meta-group, most spread throughout the central and north-central [[geography:sekhaa:region:Brightness]]. There is little group consciousness at this level; though individuals who have the opportunity to be familiar with other Ixhwanlhai are generally aware that they have more in common culturally than with non-Ixhwanlhai, they identify mainly with their own subgroup and generally view other subgroups as foreigners who happen to speak the [[language:ixhwambexti|same language]] and are slightly more 'civilized' in their behavior. This is not necessarily a barrier to conflict, and indeed some of the worst rivalries are between subgroups that have the most in common (cf. the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Flitting Hargh People]] and the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Jagged Tooth People]], who diverged from each other within [[item:text:diary_of_a_xtauh#origins|historical memory]] and differ mainly in location).
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 The predominant language of the Ixhwanlhai is [[language:Ixhwambexti]]. There are a number of dialects which are for the most part easily mutually intelligible with each other.
-The most divergent is the southern dialect, which remains in use in small, scattered enclaves in and around the northern [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:region:Tumbles]]; this was the original homeland of the Ixhwanlai peoples, and the speakers of the dialect represent the relatively few remaining members who have not been killed or driven off by [[takma:]] settlers.
+The most divergent is the southern dialect, which remains in use in small, scattered enclaves in and around the northern [[geography:sekhaa:region:Tumbles]]; this was the original homeland of the Ixhwanlai peoples, and the speakers of the dialect represent the relatively few remaining members who have not been killed or driven off by [[takma:]] settlers.
-The northwestern and northeastern dialects are closer to, and more influenced by, each other than they are to the southern one. These are spoken by the descendants of several waves of Ixhwanlhai who fled north into lands relatively inaccessible to takmar. The tribes of the [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:region:Jaruk Heights]], such as the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:jagged_tooth_people]] and [[person:An-uxhwi]]'s [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:flitting_hargh_people]], are mostly speakers of the northeastern dialect, while the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:hidden_people]] in the deserts to the south and west are among the speakers of the northwestern dialect.
+The northwestern and northeastern dialects are closer to, and more influenced by, each other than they are to the southern one. These are spoken by the descendants of several waves of Ixhwanlhai who fled north into lands relatively inaccessible to takmar. The tribes of the [[geography:sekhaa:region:Jaruk Heights]], such as the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai: Jagged Tooth People]] and [[person:An-uxhwi]]'s [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Flitting Hargh People]], are mostly speakers of the northeastern dialect, while the [[ethnicity:ixhwanlhai:Hidden People]] in the deserts to the south and west are among the speakers of the northwestern dialect.
 Within, and surrounded by, the areas dominated by the two northern dialects, there remain pockets of the languages spoken before the arrival of the Ixhwanlhai. While some have been influenced culturally by the latter to the point that they might be considered, to a certain point, Ixhwanlhai themselves, many remain stubbornly aloof from, if not overtly hostile to, their newer neighbors.