kumalar
Kumalar is a term used in a speculative world-building context to denote a coastal region, its inhabitants, and their language. In the imagined setting, Kumalar describes a cluster of islands and adjacent shorelands where maritime trade, navigation, and coastal living shape daily life. The concept appears across multiple texts as a single cultural sphere rather than a single nation.
According to in-world linguists, the name Kumalar derives from kum, a root meaning sand, with the plural
The Kumalar homeland spans several islets, reef flats, and temperate coastal towns connected by interisland routes.
The Kumalar language is described as agglutinative with vowel harmony, featuring a set of maritime terms and
Historical accounts recount a migration from larger landmasses centuries past, followed by the growth of seafaring