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In fact, during the reign of Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma, no such distinction was included in censuses, as the only possible distinction to be done among humans was either Yunyalīlti or heretic.

According to this broad popular definition, many actual recognized ethnicities are simply Chlouvānem. Under official statistics (counting the 949+ different ethnicities, though often grouped in larger groups for practical purposes), 84.3% of the population of the Chlouvānem Inquisition is ethnically Chlouvānem; it is to be noted, anyway, that this broad definition allows inside of it extremely large cultural variations, often also shaped by climate and environment and not just because of different cultural substrata: among themselves, Chlouvānem people recognize four or five major cultural areas: the Plain (incl. the South), the Eastern Chlouvānem (former Toyubeshian area and the Northeast), the ~~Hålvareni~~ or Northerners, the Western Chlouvānem, and, sometimes, the Southern Far Easterners (often culturally grouped with the Plain, but with important Eastern Chlouvānem traits). It is to be noted, however, that regions are often heavily multicultural inside and there's a tendency towards cultural fusion, ignited by the deportations (''paṣadimbhanah'', pl. ''-nai'') that were particularly common in the first 60 years of the Inquisition, and continued with the later internal migrations; deportations are still sometimes made, however, in order to avoid overpopulating some areas and to settle and cultivate more some remote areas.

According to this broad popular definition, many actual recognized ethnicities are simply Chlouvānem. Under official statistics (counting the 949+ different ethnicities, though often grouped in larger groups for practical purposes), 84.3% of the population of the Chlouvānem Inquisition is ethnically Chlouvānem; it is to be noted, anyway, that this broad definition allows inside of it extremely large cultural variations, often also shaped by climate and environment and not just because of different cultural substrata: among themselves, Chlouvānem people recognize four or five major cultural areas: the Plain (incl. the South), the Eastern Chlouvānem (former Toyubeshian area and the Northeast), the Hålvarami or Northerners, the Western Chlouvānem, and, sometimes, the Southern Far Easterners (often culturally grouped with the Plain, but with important Eastern Chlouvānem traits). It is to be noted, however, that regions are often heavily multicultural inside and there's a tendency towards cultural fusion, ignited by the deportations (''paṣadimbhanah'', pl. ''-nai'') that were particularly common in the first 60 years of the Inquisition, and continued with the later internal migrations; deportations are still sometimes made, however, in order to avoid overpopulating some areas and to settle and cultivate more some remote areas.

The Chlouvānem ethnicity and culture were historically born through interbreeding of various peoples in prehistoric times, to the point that different ethnicities came to identify as one; there are various theories on why among all of those languages Chlouvānem - the last one to come there chronologically - came to be the dominant one, but most probably there was a religious background, namely that it was the first language of the Chlamiṣvatrā, and the language she spoke the most during her predication<ref>It is however widely thought that the Chlamiṣvatrā spoke a Chlouvānem dialect that was not the one of the majority of people and that came to be Classical Chlouvānem, on the basis of some religious terminology like most notably ''lillamurḍhyā'', which would have been ''lilāmmūrḍhiyā'' (morphemically ''lil-ān-mūg-ḍhiyā'') in the "standard" dialect.</ref>. Chlouvānem people are quite often defined through the lack of another definition. So, for example, the child of a Skyrdegan mother and a Toyubeshian<ref>Toyubeshians, when referred to as a contemporary ethnicity, is a term for the peoples living in hilly areas of the East, speaking some variety of Modern Toyubeshian and defining themselves as ''lánh Từaobát'' or similar terms. These are '''not''' the historical Toyubeshians (albeit closely related genetically and linguistically), whose kingdoms ruled most of the East before the Chlouvānem.</ref> father would be counted as Skyrdegan-Toyubeshian, but the child of this person and any other person, neither Skyrdegan nor Toyubeshian, will be counted statistically as Chlouvānem for they being the product of the intermixing of three or more ethnicities. No actual "Chlouvānem" person can be considered to have not been born as the result of intermixing, even if this is, for some people, likely to have happened as far as 2500 years ago.

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* the '''lugaṣṭṇīṭah''' group (27-23) is the one most people on Calémere frequently associate with Chlouvānem people, as it is the relative majority in nearly all of their heartlands; the mid-high skin colour in this range (24, 25, 26) is probably the most common overall there. It is legally the third-largest, with 24% of all Chlouvānem.

* the '''hailaṣṇīṭah''' group (18-20) is another stereotypically Chlouvānem-only skin colour, relative majority in many areas of the Plain, in the southern rainforests, and in the East. It is legally the second-largest, with 26% of all Chlouvānem, but popular usage hardly distinguishes it from the ''lugaṣṭṇīṭah'' group.

* the '''chlebrāḍhṇīṭah''' group (off-scale, closest to 18 or 20 but much more yellowish and somewhat greenish) is the rarest of all Calemerian colours, and fourth-rarest in the Inquisition with 6,5% of all people (it is to be noted though that Chlouvānem with this skin colour are the majority of all such Calemerian humans), mostly in various remote different areas: the northwestern outback, the ~~Hålvaren~~ plateau, the Yalira basin and parts of Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Saṃhayolah, and the mountain highlands of Mūltarhāva and Bāljaṃhārah - though it is the absolute majority only in a few rural areas (most rural areas in the latter highlands). Hålša, the largest city of the ~~Hålvaren~~ plateau, is the only Chlouvānem city (and the only one on Calémere) with a population greater than 2 million where people with this colour are the relative majority, with 41% of the city's inhabitants.

* the '''chlebrāḍhṇīṭah''' group (off-scale, closest to 18 or 20 but much more yellowish and somewhat greenish) is the rarest of all Calemerian colours, and fourth-rarest in the Inquisition with 6,5% of all people (it is to be noted though that Chlouvānem with this skin colour are the majority of all such Calemerian humans), mostly in various remote different areas: the northwestern outback, the Hålvaram plateau, the Yalira basin and parts of Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Saṃhayolah, and the mountain highlands of Mūltarhāva and Bāljaṃhārah - though it is the absolute majority only in a few rural areas (most rural areas in the latter highlands). Hålša, the largest city of the Hålvaram plateau, is the only Chlouvānem city (and the only one on Calémere) with a population greater than 2 million where people with this colour are the relative majority, with 41% of the city's inhabitants.

* the '''nivudaṇīṭah''' group (15-17 plus 21 and 22) is the colour of “dark-skinned whites”, not particularly common in the Inquisition as it amounts only to 3% of the population, mainly in the inland West and scattered among major cities in the rest of the nation.

* the '''julkṇīṭah''' group (7-9 plus 12-14, though more peachlike) is a light skin colour mostly common in the Northeast and parts of the East, as well as scattered elsewhere; it amounts to 4% of all Chlouvānem.

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 In fact, during the reign of Great Inquisitor Nāɂahilūma, no such distinction was included in censuses, as the only possible distinction to be done among humans was either Yunyalīlti or heretic.
-According to this broad popular definition, many actual recognized ethnicities are simply Chlouvānem. Under official statistics (counting the 949+ different ethnicities, though often grouped in larger groups for practical purposes), 84.3% of the population of the Chlouvānem Inquisition is ethnically Chlouvānem; it is to be noted, anyway, that this broad definition allows inside of it extremely large cultural variations, often also shaped by climate and environment and not just because of different cultural substrata: among themselves, Chlouvānem people recognize four or five major cultural areas: the Plain (incl. the South), the Eastern Chlouvānem (former Toyubeshian area and the Northeast), the Hålvareni or Northerners, the Western Chlouvānem, and, sometimes, the Southern Far Easterners (often culturally grouped with the Plain, but with important Eastern Chlouvānem traits).<br/>It is to be noted, however, that regions are often heavily multicultural inside and there's a tendency towards cultural fusion, ignited by the deportations (''paṣadimbhanah'', pl. ''-nai'') that were particularly common in the first 60 years of the Inquisition, and continued with the later internal migrations; deportations are still sometimes made, however, in order to avoid overpopulating some areas and to settle and cultivate more some remote areas.
+According to this broad popular definition, many actual recognized ethnicities are simply Chlouvānem. Under official statistics (counting the 949+ different ethnicities, though often grouped in larger groups for practical purposes), 84.3% of the population of the Chlouvānem Inquisition is ethnically Chlouvānem; it is to be noted, anyway, that this broad definition allows inside of it extremely large cultural variations, often also shaped by climate and environment and not just because of different cultural substrata: among themselves, Chlouvānem people recognize four or five major cultural areas: the Plain (incl. the South), the Eastern Chlouvānem (former Toyubeshian area and the Northeast), the Hålvarami or Northerners, the Western Chlouvānem, and, sometimes, the Southern Far Easterners (often culturally grouped with the Plain, but with important Eastern Chlouvānem traits).<br/>It is to be noted, however, that regions are often heavily multicultural inside and there's a tendency towards cultural fusion, ignited by the deportations (''paṣadimbhanah'', pl. ''-nai'') that were particularly common in the first 60 years of the Inquisition, and continued with the later internal migrations; deportations are still sometimes made, however, in order to avoid overpopulating some areas and to settle and cultivate more some remote areas.
 The Chlouvānem ethnicity and culture were historically born through interbreeding of various peoples in prehistoric times, to the point that different ethnicities came to identify as one; there are various theories on why among all of those languages Chlouvānem - the last one to come there chronologically - came to be the dominant one, but most probably there was a religious background, namely that it was the first language of the Chlamiṣvatrā, and the language she spoke the most during her predication<ref>It is however widely thought that the Chlamiṣvatrā spoke a Chlouvānem dialect that was not the one of the majority of people and that came to be Classical Chlouvānem, on the basis of some religious terminology like most notably ''lillamurḍhyā'', which would have been ''lilāmmūrḍhiyā'' (morphemically ''lil-ān-mūg-ḍhiyā'') in the "standard" dialect.</ref>. Chlouvānem people are quite often defined through the lack of another definition. So, for example, the child of a Skyrdegan mother and a Toyubeshian<ref>Toyubeshians, when referred to as a contemporary ethnicity, is a term for the peoples living in hilly areas of the East, speaking some variety of Modern Toyubeshian and defining themselves as ''lánh Từaobát'' or similar terms. These are '''not''' the historical Toyubeshians (albeit closely related genetically and linguistically), whose kingdoms ruled most of the East before the Chlouvānem.</ref> father would be counted as Skyrdegan-Toyubeshian, but the child of this person and any other person, neither Skyrdegan nor Toyubeshian, will be counted statistically as Chlouvānem for they being the product of the intermixing of three or more ethnicities. No actual "Chlouvānem" person can be considered to have not been born as the result of intermixing, even if this is, for some people, likely to have happened as far as 2500 years ago.<br/>
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 * the '''lugaṣṭṇīṭah''' group (<small>27-23</small>) is the one most people on Calémere frequently associate with Chlouvānem people, as it is the relative majority in nearly all of their heartlands; the mid-high skin colour in this range (<small>24, 25, 26</small>) is probably the most common overall there. It is legally the third-largest, with 24% of all Chlouvānem.
 * the '''hailaṣṇīṭah''' group (<small>18-20</small>) is another stereotypically Chlouvānem-only skin colour, relative majority in many areas of the Plain, in the southern rainforests, and in the East. It is legally the second-largest, with 26% of all Chlouvānem, but popular usage hardly distinguishes it from the ''lugaṣṭṇīṭah'' group.
-* the '''chlebrāḍhṇīṭah''' group (<small>off-scale, closest to 18 or 20 but much more yellowish and somewhat greenish</small>) is the rarest of all Calemerian colours, and fourth-rarest in the Inquisition with 6,5% of all people (it is to be noted though that Chlouvānem with this skin colour are the majority of all such Calemerian humans), mostly in various remote different areas: the northwestern outback, the Hålvaren plateau, the Yalira basin and parts of Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Saṃhayolah, and the mountain highlands of Mūltarhāva and Bāljaṃhārah - though it is the absolute majority only in a few rural areas (most rural areas in the latter highlands). Hålša, the largest city of the Hålvaren plateau, is the only Chlouvānem city (and the only one on Calémere) with a population greater than 2 million where people with this colour are the relative majority, with 41% of the city's inhabitants.
+* the '''chlebrāḍhṇīṭah''' group (<small>off-scale, closest to 18 or 20 but much more yellowish and somewhat greenish</small>) is the rarest of all Calemerian colours, and fourth-rarest in the Inquisition with 6,5% of all people (it is to be noted though that Chlouvānem with this skin colour are the majority of all such Calemerian humans), mostly in various remote different areas: the northwestern outback, the Hålvaram plateau, the Yalira basin and parts of Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Saṃhayolah, and the mountain highlands of Mūltarhāva and Bāljaṃhārah - though it is the absolute majority only in a few rural areas (most rural areas in the latter highlands). Hålša, the largest city of the Hålvaram plateau, is the only Chlouvānem city (and the only one on Calémere) with a population greater than 2 million where people with this colour are the relative majority, with 41% of the city's inhabitants.
 * the '''nivudaṇīṭah''' group (<small>15-17 plus 21 and 22</small>) is the colour of “dark-skinned whites”, not particularly common in the Inquisition as it amounts only to 3% of the population, mainly in the inland West and scattered among major cities in the rest of the nation.
 * the '''julkṇīṭah''' group (<small>7-9 plus 12-14, though more peachlike</small>) is a light skin colour mostly common in the Northeast and parts of the East, as well as scattered elsewhere; it amounts to 4% of all Chlouvānem.