Tinyanans
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The Tinyanans (Tinyanan: Tiñanioles, Spanish: Tiñaneses, Asturian Tiñosos) or Tinyanan people (Tinyanan: Jente Tiñaniola, Spanish: Gente Tiñanesa, Asturian Xente Tiñoso) are an ethnic group of mostly former Tinyanan citizens.
Their origin is in the mostly french and occitan pilgrims who settled in Tinyana in the High Middle Ages and mixed with the local asturian population, as a result, the Tinyanan language is a mix of Asturian and Occitan mainly, with many Galician and French loanwords. They were called Xente d'ocá (People of oca) by the local population, since in Old Tinyanan, the word for yes was "ocá", (òc in Occitan).
Nowadays most speak Spanish and Asturian or a mix between the two, with some Tinyanan words, their identity has shifted from the language to their unique religion, Sopism.
Naming
Tinyanan follows a very similar system to other Spanish names, having a proper name, a father surname and a mother surname, it's also common for Tinyanan people to have a middle name or nickname. The Spanish ending -ez is correspondant to Tinyanan ending -eç, the genitive case is also a common ending in Tinyanan surnames.
Notable Tinyanan people
- Mario Da Fueyo Rodrieç - first and last king of Tinyana
- Roxi Da Fueyo González - last princess of Tinyana
- Nege Corio Alcòrde - last prime minister of Tinyana
- Nicolái Rodrieç Vile - last commander-in-chief of the National Guard of Tinyana
- Pedro Dolnes Roçaya Solés - inventor, engineer and last minister of transportation of Tinyana.
- Txus Solés Rodrieç - musician and craftsman.
- Monxe Vile Basqueç - Tinyanan politician and women rights activist.