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{{Infobox ethnic group
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|group        = Nomysotat
|image        =
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|population  = 570000
|popplace    = [[Gynnyn]], [[Amaia]] and [[Balakia]]
|languages    = [[Ziimen languages]], [[Amaian language]]
|religions    =
|related      = [[Amaian people]], [[Khamv people]]
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The '''Nomysotat people''' ([[Amaian language|Amaian]]: ''nòmysotat'' 'returners', singular ''nòmysy'') are an [[East-Mirarian peoples|East-Mirarian people]] living in the [[Gynnyn]] area of [[Amaia]]. They are descendants of various Khamaian groups who settled in what is now [[Balakia]] from about 500 BCE to 1800 CE and were forced to leave Balakia during the transition to Kuulism in the 1950s, mainly settling in Gynnyn city and various parts of western [[Khambvan]]. During the [[Partition of Khambvan and Amaia]] almost all the Nomysotat in Khambvan fled to Amaia since they did not follow [[Paroan religion]].
 
The Nomysotat people historically spoke Khamaian relatives that preserved more archaic morphophonology and stress patterns while changing surface phonology and syntax dramatically under influence from the [[Balak language]]. These [[Ziimen languages]] ([[Amaian language|Amaian]] ''zìimen'' 'of the valley') are nowadays spoken by less than 2000 very elderly Nomysotat altogether in Amaia, with drastic language attrition under intense pressure from varieties of the [[Amaian language]]. However, they have tens of thousands of speakers in Balakia, although some varieties are only found in one country or another.
 
Culturally, the Nomysotat are quite assimilated into mainstream Gynnyn society and many descendants are only vaguely aware of their ancestry. Some Nomysotat have returned to Balakia following its independence in the 2000s, with their descendants numbering around 200000(?), but the majority still remain in Amaia.
 
[[Category: Amaia]]
[[Category: Balakia]]
[[Category: Khambvan]]

Latest revision as of 11:00, 18 October 2018

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