Amade

Amade was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of Tarise, at around 20°W. Its people were often politically hostile to Tarise.

Language

The language branched off from Tarise shortly after 1085 AD. It may have participated in the shift of /p t b d/ > /h s g z/ that marks out Tarise from all the other Macro-Gold languages, but it is more likely that Amade only did /p t/ > /f s/ and that the /t/>/s/ was conditional. From this point on, Amade became a very conservative language and by 1900 AD the parent language was still readable.

Culture

There were four tribal groups in Amade:

1. Kxesh people, the dark-skinned aboriginals native to the area.
2. Star people, the dark-skinned aboriginals who inhabited the lands to the east, had a small foothold in eastern Amade.
3. Lenians, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in Paba, Thaoa, and other places along the tropical south coast. Also known as Mumba.
4. Lĕba, a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians.