laitumien
The laitumien are an ethnolinguistic community indigenous to the Laitumian Archipelago, a string of islands off the eastern coast of the continent of Nordia. They number in the tens of thousands, with estimates typically ranging from 70,000 to 100,000. The name is believed to derive from their own term laituma, meaning “shore people” or “people of the sea,” though etymologies are debated among scholars.
They speak Laitumian, a language isolate with a strong maritime vocabulary and substantial contact influence from
Laitumien society centers on coastal villages and extended family networks. Communities are commonly organized around village
Traditional practice combines ancestral reverence with a solar or sea deity, and many communities maintain syncretic
The economy combines small-scale fishing, sea farming, and light agriculture on terraced slopes with craft-based trade.
Historical records and archaeological evidence indicate laitumien settlements from the medieval period, with later interactions involving