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 ==Demographics==
-As the largest and most populated country on Calémere, the Chlouvānem Inquisition has a considerable amount of ethnic and linguistic diversity in it, to the point that anthropologists usually prefer to assume the existence not of a single Chlouvānem people but of various Chlouvānem ''peoples''. However, there is a homogenous "supra-culture", provided by the Yunyalīlti religion and by its liturgical language, Chlouvānem, used as a lingua franca, which attenuates - if not, in some cases, nullifies - the practical implications of this enormous diversity. The cultural sphere where different, often not linguistically related, peoples are considered to be part of this Chlouvānem supra-culture is usually referred to as the ''Chlouvānem world'' (in Chl. ''chlǣvānembān'').
-The Chlouvānem language (''chlǣvānumi dhāḍa'') is a [[Lahob languages|Lahob-Imuniguronian language]] with a long history which originated in its current form in the eastern part of the Nīmbaṇḍhāra-Lāmberah Plain and the Jade Coast (roughly between the lower Nīmbaṇḍhāra river to the north and Lake Lūlunīkam to the south). With a written history of more than 2000 years, it is the liturgical language of the Yunyalīlta and, due to this importance, has remained the main language used in administration, inter-cultural trade, and arts, for two millennia, in the ever-expanding Yunyalīlti world. It is a central element of self-definition of Chlouvānem people.
-Since the early-mid 5th millennium, the Chlouvānem people have been spreading their religion and influence across most of the continent of Márusúturon, outside the original homeland on the Jade Coast. Patterns of Chlouvānem settlement have varied depending on the area - but the Chlouvānem people's predisposition to exogamy has been an important factor in shaping the history of this part of the world: almost everyone in the Inquisition has at least one mixed-blood ancestor, and - even today - the definition of "ethnic group" as for Western (Calémerian and Earthly) standards is extremely challenged by the situation - and self-definition - among Chlouvānem people.
 Unsurprisingly for its size and population, the Chlouvānem Inquisition is one of the most diverse nations on Calémere, with national censuses counting 949 ethnicities (''lailnekai'') as native inside its borders. However, it is to be noted that while all of the non-Chlouvānem ethnicities together count for around 154 million people, they only make up 10.5% of the total population of the Inquisition.