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The Eleena speak [[Tannaean language|Tannaean]], which they call ''Eleena kuuvo'' or "Eleena language". | The Eleena speak [[Tannaean language|Tannaean]], which they call ''Eleena kuuvo'' or "Eleena language". | ||
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The appellation ''Eleena'' (spelt in Arithide "Elēna") is the Eleena autonym, and was adopted only in recent years as part of a general trend towards political correctness, which deemed the traditional Arithide name for the race, ''Tann'' or ''Tanno'', too tainted by racist and other prejudicial overtones. While the ethnonym was successfully changed to ''Eleena'', attempts to remask ''Tannaīde'', the name of the language, as ''Elēnīde'' have been underwhelming, and the toponym "Tannaea" has also proved too sticky to change. | |||
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Revision as of 03:43, 10 December 2006
The Eleena [e'le:na] are the native people of the Tannaean province of Arithia, and have been ruled by the Areth for almost two thousand years, broken only by the fall of the Lazeian Empire, in the aftermath of which it was conquered by the Andu Empire, and by the Devolution Act of 1989 CIE, which federalised Arithia and effectively accorded the Eleena self-government for the first time in their recorded history.
The Eleena speak Tannaean, which they call Eleena kuuvo or "Eleena language".
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The appellation Eleena (spelt in Arithide "Elēna") is the Eleena autonym, and was adopted only in recent years as part of a general trend towards political correctness, which deemed the traditional Arithide name for the race, Tann or Tanno, too tainted by racist and other prejudicial overtones. While the ethnonym was successfully changed to Eleena, attempts to remask Tannaīde, the name of the language, as Elēnīde have been underwhelming, and the toponym "Tannaea" has also proved too sticky to change.
