Mu-Tze

Mu-Tze
Total population
About 55 million
Regions with significant populations
Tukarali Aldegar Kalistan	41 million 10 million 4 million
Languages
Panmuan, Lao-Tze, Shi-Tze, Tze-Tze Aldegarian
Religions
Gao-Showan Religions, Luthoranism, Yazdism
Related ethnic groups
Gao-Showa, Tukarese, Indralans, Kunihito, Đinh

The Mu-Tze are a Jelbo-Tukaric group of peoples who live in the mountainous areas of Tukarali, Kalistan, and Aldegar. The Mu-Tze are actually formed of two closely related tribes, the Mu and Tze. The people most closely related to the Mu-Tze, from a linguistic and genetic point of view, is the Tukarese people. Due to long influence by the Gao-Showa people since antiquity, the Mu-Tze are counted as part of the Gao-Showa metaethnicity, in spite of their linguistic differences.

HistoryEdit

Throughout most of their history, the Mu-Tze have lived in pastoral nomadic tribes in the mountains. In 218, the Mu-Tze tribes were unified by a strong khan named Bat-Erdene, who then proceeded to conquer most of the continent of Seleya. The Mu-Tze Khanate lasted until 719, leaving a significant influence on most Seleyan nations.

The advent of modernization in Tukarali during the Malagar era has done much to urbanize and westernize the Mu-Tze, although many of them retain their traditions and pastoral lifestyle. Also, in spite of the efforts of several Tukarese governments to eliminate pre-modern identities, by, among others, banning clan names and the introduction of Western-style family names, imposing mandatory education and military service, and creating a literary version for the Panmuan languages, many Mu-Tze still identify with their tribes and clans. A consequence of this has been the fact that the politics of modern Tukarali has been dominated by Tukarese and by Hulstrian Gao-Showan immigrants, but the younger generations have begun to take more interest in national political life.

In Aldegar the Mu-Tze occupied an important role in the central government. The last Aldegarian dynasty before the First Republic, the Shahnazid Dynasty, was founded by Shahnaz Mirza Abbas, a Yazdean general of modest Mu-Tze origins. Currently, the Mu-Tze form around 10% of the population of Aldegar, and are frequently involved in politics.

LanguageEdit

The Mu-Tze speak several closely related Jelbo-Tukaric languages called the Panmuanic languages, which include standard Panmuan (Panmuol Khele), the literary dialect of the Mu-Tze. Similarly to several other Gao-Showan languages, Panmuan has a pitch accent. Typically for its language group, Panmuan has developed vowel harmony and a complex syllabic structure that allows clusters of up to three consonants. It is a typical agglutinative language that relies on suffix chains in the verbal and nominal domains. While there is a basic word order, subject–object–predicate, ordering among noun phrases is relatively free, unlike the case with the other Jelbo-Tukaric languages, so grammatical roles are indicated by a system of about eight grammatical cases. There are five voices. Verbs are marked for voice, aspect, tense, and epistemic modality/evidentiality. In sentence linking, a special role is played by converbs.

ReligionEdit

Traditionally the Mu-Tze have practiced various tribal shamanic religions. During the Middle Ages they entered in contact with the Gao-Showan Religions, and they subsequently integrated elements of their old religious traditions into the new systems of belief. Later the Mu-Tze were exposed to Hosianism, especially since the modern era, and around 10% of the Mu-Tze are now Luthoran. The Mu-Tze in Aldegar largely adhere to Yazdism.

	Gao-Showans
Peoples	Central: Kunihito • Sekowans • Kyo | Northern: Utari • Welang | Southern: Indralans • Đinh • Phra | Western: Tukarese • Mu-Tze • Bianjie
Languages	Gao-Indralan: Kunikata • Sekowan • Kyo • Indralan • Đinh • Phra • Utari | Jelbo-Tukaric: Panmuan • Bianjie
Regions	Dovani • Seleya • Gao-Soto • Sekowo • Dankuk • Indrala • Tukarali • Jinlian • Dalibor • Great North Dovani Plain • Kalistan • Bianjie
History	Empire of Gao-Soto • Kingdom of Sekowo • History of Sekowo • History of Indrala • History of Dranland • History of Tukarali • Great Sekowian War • Southern Hemisphere War
Religion	Gao-Showan Religions • Daenism • Mazdâyanâ • Zenshō • Kamism • Guidao • Jienism • Kanzo

	Democratic Republic of Tukarali
History	Kemokian Empire • Phraatid Dynasty • Mu-Tze Khanate • Ryan Malagar • Tukarali Emirate • Insurectionnal Disorder of Tukarali • Democratic Kingdom of Tukarali • Fascist State of Tukarali • Democratic Republic of Tukarali • Tukarali State • Glorious Republic of Greater Tukarali
Estados	Borusca • Datã • Lago Cuantu • Vale do Morata • São Miguel
Notable Political Parties	Tukarese Democratic Union • Social Democratic Party (Tukarali) • Partido Socialista Democrático • Cidadania e Democracia Cívica • United Fatherland
Demographics	Religion: Hosianism, Aurorianism, Kanzo, Ahmadism, Esintsundu • Ethnicity: Tukarese, Indígenas
Notable People & Families	João Pedro Coli • Alexandro Zapata • Andreas Magbantay • Geoffrey Thornalley • Miguel Petroni • Getulio Araya • K. Huy Luong • Kyuma Naruhito • Marisol Paresi • Nasri Family • Roi Tiangco • Roland Lafarge • Rui Malagar • Ryan Malagar • Shinji Kuninobu • Shuya Nakagawa • Takahiro Tran • Cristiana Ferreira das Neves