Yot Siae Kan

Yot Siae Kan [jɵt sʲiaje kan] is one of the most populous cities on Pavala, and the second largest in the Meó Empire. Its history is long and diverse and its importance is enormous. Situated on the Yot River delta, it is one of, if not the, most diverse city on Pavala, due to its long history of importance within the various Htaevic, Meó, and Hsuqliht dynasties. It contains approximately 10% of the Meó Union's population.

History

Yot Siae Kan has a diverse and important history. The city began as a series of Raiwlawbiwmtë fishing villages on the Yot River Delta. When the Htaevics invaded the Raiwlawbiwmtë's native lands, these fishing villages were abandoned. Htaevic settlers soon settled within the abandoned villages and developed an elaborate network of canals and roads between them, there were limited attempts to retain some of the more significant architecture left behind, but most of the original villages were lost to decay due to their construction from wood and reeds. As the Htaevics continued their expansion into the Shattered Islands, Yot Siae Kan would grow immensely in size and power, due to its position on both the Yot River and the coast, allowing it access to a wide trade network. Even in the early days, people from as far away as Nokhta would venture to Yot Siae Kan, as a gateway to the Htaevic Realm and to travel further up the Yot River.

When the Hsuqliht would later invade the Htaevic lands, they expelled the entirety of the contemporary Htaevic royalty and upper class from within Yot Siae Kan, to replace with their own leaders and rudimentary democratic politics. This led to the formation of the nearby city of Ryazhen.

The positioning of the city and the fact that other nations often sent envoys and merchants to Yot Siae Kan led to it being the capital of several dynasties through Htaevic history. Indeed, even today, Yot Siae Kan retains its position as a regional capital within the Meó amalgamate.

Demographics

Up to 1200 languages may be spoken in the city, with the two lingua francas being Standard Meó and Standard Modern Htaevic, both of which are written in the Unified Hlunliw script. The dominant language of the city, however, is Htaevic and the city is a center of modern Htaevic culture.

A range of different ethnicities, with a variety of languages and religions live within the city, they are typically classified into "parent" groups, mainly on the basis of linguistic grounds. It is home to the largest Unuvi population outside of the Nautical Peace.

The parent groups are as follows:

• Htaevic peoples - people descending from the ethnicities of the Htaevic states.
• Meóic peoples - people who speak a Meóic language
• Hsuqlihtic peoples - people who are descended from the ethnicities of the Hsuqliht state or that speak a Hsuqlihtic language (note: most Hsuqlihtic languages outside of modern Hsuqlihta are endangered with thousands of speakers at most, most Hsuqliht people in Yot Siae Kan speak Htaevic dialects as they were heavily assimilated into Htaevic society. Those that speak a Hsuqlihtic language are overwhelmingly those that migrated from modern Hsuqlihta)
• Nokhtaeic peoples - people from the subcontinent of Nokhta, including Khydea
• Traditionally purple haired peoples - includes a range of people, but the main ethnic group is the Hkamisëbiwmtë
• Traditionally green haired peoples - mainly the Unuvi, as well as a few remnant indigenous and quasi-indigenous (descendants of early back migration from Unuvun into the Htaevic realm) groups
• Mixed peoples - an extremely diverse array of people
• Other - a diverse range of people including
  • Other peoples of the Malaeze - including Sinchuknu peoples, Rift peoples, and other ethnic minorities
  • Peoples from outside the Windward world e.g. Ganuoans, Nichans, Naborsi etc.
  • Ethnoreligious peoples - people that reject a non-religious ethnic category - e.g. 'Ethnically Hakiist'

Ethnolingustically, the breakdown of the population of Yot Siae Kan is estimated as:

• 27% Htaevic peoples
  • 27% Htaevic Speaking
• 19% Meóic peoples
  • 19% Meó Speaking
• 12% Green haired peoples (9% Unuvi)
  • 9% Unuvi Speaking
  • 2% Htaevic Speaking
  • 1% Other
• 10% Hsuqlihtic peoples
  • 9% Htaevic Speaking
  • 1% Other
• 10% Nokhtaeic peoples (6% Rokhtaeran, 4% Others)
  • 5% Rokhtaeran
  • 4% Other
  • 1% Htaevic
• 4% Purple haired peoples
  • 3% Htaevic
  • 1% Other
• 9% Mixed peoples
  • 6% Other
  • 2% Htaevic
  • 1% Meó
• 9% Other
  • 7% Other
  • 1% Htaevic
  • 1% Meó

Linguistically

• Htaevic 45%
• Meó 21%
• Unuvi 9%
• Rokhtaeran 5%
• Other 20%

Data

Population: Population::45,600,000