Alorian Ethnicity

The Alorian ethnicity is comprised of Latin-Alorians and Anglo-Alorians, two distinct groups with different languages and beliefs that are intertwined and share some similar characteristics. These people comprise about 75% of Alorians, and have had the greatest effect on Aloria's society at large.

Anglo-Alorian
Anglo-Alorians derive their name from the language they primarily speak, English. Anglo-Alorians are descended primarily from Dundorfian settlers that came to Gavonshire and settlers from other nearby nations in the days of the Holy Alorian Empire. These people mixed with and absorbed the bulk of the Alorian-Indian population, and eventually enslaved them. These people are most prevalent in Ultran and Gavonshire making up nearly all of the population and comprise a large majority throughout Kurmal and southern Sildar. Many Anglo-Alorians are Protestant, and make up 45% pf the Alorian population.

Latin-Alorian
Latin-Alorians derive their name from Latin, the language once spoken by their ancestors and the mother language to Alorian, a Romance languiage spoken by the majority of Latin-Alorians. Latin-Alorians are descended from Selucian crusader settlers that created the Holy Alorian Empire in and Kurmal on the coast of Sildar. They make up the bulk of the Alorian Catholic population(although most are members of the Alorian Christian Church), and make up 30% of the Alorian population.

Relations of the Two Groups
Relations between the two groups were originally friendly, as trading and intermarriage between the Holy Alorian Empire of the Latin-Alorians and the inland Duchies of the Anglo-Alorians was a major part of life, but during the ALorian Unification Wars the two groups were mainly split and fought against one another. It wasn't until many years after Aloria was unified that the two groups began to trust each other and friendship resumed. In modern times the two groups have become very close, comprising what many scholars call a Pan-Alorian ethincity, generally consider each other equal, and know each other's language.