Tsaah people

Tsaah people

Caakh nìŋ
Regions with significant populations
Hashdezi Empire (Kramvá), Tarwah Union, Dugon
Languages
Tsaah, Hashdezi, Gara, Bhala
Related ethnic groups
Pusung people, Supu people, Mbay Kuyy people

Tsaah people (Tsaah: Caakh nìŋ, [t͡sǽːh nĩ̀] (East), [sɔ́ːh nĩ̀] (West), [sáː nìŋ] (South)) are an ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Nkungu. There are three main subgroups of Tsaah people - the East Tsaah (Kwùan Caakh), West Tsaah (Kũcaagl Caakh) , and South Tsaah (Dan Caakh). The East Tsaah are the largest out of the three groups, making up the majority of Tsaah people. The East Tsaah are largely concentrated in the Hashdezi Kramvá colony. The second largest subgroup are the nomadic South Tsaah which are spread out throughout northern Seunggun and west Dugon - a region known colloquially among them as Sòk But Mùan ([sù pú mùːŋ], “place of moving feet”). There is also widespread intermixing between South Tsaahs and the local peoples of Sòk But Mùan, causing the emergence of two distinct mixed minorities - the Pusung people of Seunggun and the Supu people of Dugon. The West Tsaah mostly reside in the western portion of the Tsalu River in [X land].

Languages

Tsaah is the predominant language among the Tsaah people, with respective dialects for each Tsaah subgroup, all of which are not mutually intelligible. Due to mass migration and colonization, the subgroups also have other languages besides Tsaah that are also widely spoken. All the subgroups have creoles based on the language of influence in their respective regions; the East Tsaah speak the Hashdezi-based creole Gusa (from Hashdezi gża “dialect”) and [a creole for West Tsaah somewhere idk]. The South Tsaah have two main creoles, one of which is Tari (from the Bhala exonym “tari” from uttári “to wander”), a Bhala-based creole spoken in the Tarwah side of Sòk But Mùan, and the lesser spoken Supu Lak of Dugon. Tari is more widely spoken across Sòk But Mùan than Supu Lak, which is exclusive to the diaspora of Dugon