Monsilvans
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 55 million Monsilva: 44,010,824 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Monsilva | 44,010,824 |
| Fujikuni | 4,860,741 (includes ancestry) |
| Other | 16,449,631 (includes close ancestry) |
| Languages | |
| Primarily Monsilvan and its dialects | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly non-theistic or Monsilvan folk religion | |
Monsilvan people or simply Monsilvans, are people or ethnic groups identified with Monsilva, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.
Monsilvan people are commonly known as Shānguórén (山國人) in Monsilvan. Monsilvan people are primarily descendants of the Shan people from the same area as the current nation of Monsilva. The majority of Monsilvan people speak Monsilvan, whether it is the standard variant or a dialect of it. 71% of people who were born with Monsilvan parents or grandparents, live in Monsilva, the other 29% can be found all across Terraconserva.
The Monsilvan people are the largest ethnic group in Monsilva and the second largest ethnic group in Fujikuni, they are also one of the largest ethnic groups in Baltanla. There are approximately 80 million people living in Terraconserva with Monsilvan ethnic heritage, however around 60 million of those people have Monsilvan parents or grandparents, the others' closest heritage is great-grandparents or older. This is thanks to large amounts of emigration from Monsilva in the 1970s. Monsilvan's living in Monsilva tend to follow Monsilvan folk religion or Buddhism, however Monsilvans outside of Monsilva tend to adopt the native religion, or become unaffiliated.
Monsilvans have many customs that range depending on dialect and region of Monsilva, as well as different customs for Monsilvans living outside Monsilva. Fujikunian Monsilvans and Baltanian Monsilvans are occasionally considered separate from original Monsilvans due to their diverging customs over several decades.
