Kwang people
Kwan / Hèin | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 1.03 billion |
The Kwang people (Kwang: ngeiq Kwan), officially recognized by the Qonklese government as the Hiang people (Kwang: ngeiq Hèin, lit. 'people of the Hiang) are a Southern Tammuz ethnic group who speak Kwang, the most widely spoken Macro-Kwang language. They make up 91% percent of the population in Qonklaks.
Terminology
Kwang
Prior to the founding of cenonist Qonklaks, the most common term referring to this group was Kwan, the same ethnonym found in the Kwang word for Qonklaks, Kwai Kwan.
Hiang
In 1950, the cenonist government, in an effort to distance itself from the nationalist and Kwang superiority attitudes of imperial Qonklaks, officially recognized X ethnic groups in the country, whose dignities are enshrined in the constitution. As having an ethnonym Kwan in the name of the country would inadvertently signal the elevation of one ethnic group as more important over others, the government officially classifies the Kwang people with the ethnonym Hiang (Kwang: Hèin), harkening back to the Hiang dynasty, the polity most commonly attributed for the birth of Qonklese culture.