Kavandusi

Kavandusi is a term used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to designate the speakers of the Kavandian language and their culture in the imagined Kavand region. The name serves as both an ethnonym and a shorthand for the associated social practices, material culture, and historical identity that appear in fictional depictions.

The name derives from Kavand, the region used in most depictions, with the suffix -usi indicating people in the constructed language tradition.

Kavandian is described as an agglutinative language with a sentence-final structure and several dialects, including coastal and highland variants. In many sources it is written in a syllabic script, with some modern works adopting Latin-based orthographies.

Kavandusi communities are portrayed as organized around extended kin groups and village councils. Traditional crafts include weaving, wood carving, and metalwork; subsistence combines farming and fishing. Oral poetry and seasonal rites are commonly used to preserve history, law, and communal memory.

In the fictional timelines, the Kavandusi trace migrations, trade with neighboring groups, and adaptation to environmental changes. Modern depictions address language preservation, urbanization, education, and cross-cultural exchange.

The Kavandusi appear in novels, role-playing games, and worldbuilding compendia as an example of a coastal-mountain society with strong oral tradition.