Southern Goblins

Southern Goblins, known to themselves as yogyogin /ˈjogʲogin/ (Which they will be referred to as for the remainder of this article), are an ethnic group of the faemo kobolar species, native to the southern continents of Abexilas, including Halinn, Rozakko'ra, and Kejafros.
== Biology ==
There is little sexual dimorphism seen in Yogyogin, both averaging 3'4" (102cm), and women being nearly as strong as men. Much like other goblins, yogyogin have green skin, large pointy ears averaging 6" (25cm), big teeth, and large noses. Some features that are unique to yogyogin are their round faces, freckles, brown hair, and yellow sclaras. They have red blood and an average life span of 75 years.
==== Phenotypes ====
Average height: 3'4", 102cm
Average ear size: 6", 25cm
Skin: green and freckled
Hair colours: light brown, dark brown, reddish brown
Hair textures: wavy, curly
Eye colours: golden, yellow, orange, brown
== Culture ==
==== Lifestyle ====
Nomadic hunter-gatherers. Yogyogin will usually travel in small family groups around their clan's region and set up temporary camps in prosperous areas. Some clans are more sedentary than others depending on their trade, but rarely is any permenant settlement built. Members of a clan will frequently meet up in the same area, although how frequently varies from clan to clan.
After the mass migration to Abexilas, many young Yogyogin have been fascinated by the developing urban world and have abandoned their lives as hunter gatherers to live amongst other races.
==== Familes ====
Families are not seen as a sprawling tapestry of connections by the Yogyogin, but instead considered only to the extent of an immidiate nuclear family. The word for family in the Yogyogen language is agvoidu, literally meaning travelling group, so a group of friends that travel together is considered just as much a family as parents and children.
==== Clans ====
A clan is a group of yogyogin sharing a surname, or maidu idei. An individual is born into the clan of their mother and it is considered a woman's role to educate her children on the ways of her clan. When men marry, they remain in their mother's clan, and they take on the role of embassador for their clan's interests within their family. For this reason, clans often have strong connections with other clans whom many of their members are married to.
Each clan has a stong sense of cultural identity sepparate from other clans, often incorperating pieces of neighboring cultures into their own. Across the clans is seen a love for the material world through food, drink, wealth, and competition. Every clan expresses these loves differently, but beyond the superficial differences, they are the same.
==== Religion ====
The Yogyogin are not spiritual people. It's not that they don't believe in the divine, but more that they aren't interested inanything beyond the physical world. That said, many Yogyogin engage in religious practices as a way bringing their community together and establishing a shared identity.
== Language ==
Because of contact with other cultures, Yogyogin tend to be multilingual, at least knowing enough of another language to be able to trade, but all Yogyogin share a native tongue: Yogyogen.
==== Yogyogen Phonology ====
Consonants
 	LABIAL 	ALVEOLAR	BACK
VOICELESS PLOSIVE 	/p/ 	/t/ <t> 	/k/ <k>
VOICED PLOSIVE 	/b/ 	/d/ <d> 	/g/ <g>
NASAL 	/m/ <m>	/n/ <n> 	
VOICELESS FRICATIVE	/f/ <f>	/s/ 	/h/ <h>
VOICED FRICATIVE 	/v/ <v>	/z/ <z> 	
APPROXIMANT 	/w/ <w>	/j/ <y> 	
TAP 	 	/ɾ/ /r/ 	
Vowels
 	FRONT 	FRONT DIPHTHONG	BACK 	BACK DIPHTHONG
HIGH	/i/ 	 	/u/ 	/aʊ/ <au>
MID 	/e/ <e>	/eɪ/ <ei> 	/o/ <o>	/ɔɪ/ <oi>
LOW 	/a/ <a>	/aɪ/ <ai> 	 	
/n/ is pronounced [ŋ] before /g/
/n/ is pronounced [ɲ] before /i/ and /j/
==== Yogyogen Words ====
Depending on its place in the sentence, a Yogyogen word may take on many meanings. For example, utrok may act as a noun (violence, combat, battle), an adjective (violent), or a verb (strugle, compete, fight, attack).
Some Basic Words
WORD 	NOUN 	ADJECTIVE 	VERB
bo 	I. me. 	my. 	
bobo 	we. us. 	our. 	
ni 	you. (singular) 	your. (singular) 	
nini 	you. (plural) 	your. (plural) 	
vma 	they. them. she. her. he. him. it.	their. her. his. its. 	
kin 	person. 	personable. anthropomorphic.	personify.
stu 	tree. wood. 	forested. wooden. 	
zomu 	food. 	dining. edible. 	eat.
tau 	freedom. liberty. 	free. 	liberate.
taugin 	goblin. 	 	
dyabgin	human. 	 	
fungin 	dwarf. 	 	
==== Ethnolect ====
When speaking languages such as common, Yogyogin are usually marked with a distinctive ethnolect indentifiable by the following features:
Their throat is tense as they speak.
They struggle to pronounce dentals, approximating with /s/ and /z/, so "death" becomes "des", and "that" becomes "zat".
They tap their Rs.
They pronounce /ɪ/ like /i/, so "kitten" becomes "keeten".
They pronouce the vowel in "no" and "loan" as a monothong.
They overemphasize some unstressed vowels.
==== Naming ====
A common yogyogin naming scheme is combining two positive Yogyogen words, one of which is usually a food. When doing this, unvoiced obstruents in the middle of the new word voice. Examples:
Yairadi - yair (wish) + adi (apple)
Snidau - sni (gold) + tau (free)
Tatagati - tata (tooth) + gati (pumpkin)
Hogvigrot - hogvi (song) + grot (berry)
Azgazbei - Azga (alcohol) + spei (chicken)
Hogvizni - hogvi (song) + sni (gold)
Words Often Used in Names
WORD 	MEANING
dama 	cooked. complete.
adi 	apple. oak.
bei 	birch.
pani 	spruce.
goma 	cow. beef.
frup 	sheep. mutton.
teko 	pig. pork.
yube 	honey. treat. candy. darling. cute. gentle.
grot 	berry. fruit. bean. vegetable.
spei 	bird. chicken.
gati. 	pumpkin.
ripi 	rabbit.
keir 	carrot.
tobi 	potato.
nri 	wheat. grain.
kraz 	fish.
suv 	sound. voice.
gno 	fun. play. game. enjoyment.
wans 	plant. bush. herb. foliage. grass.
stu 	tree. wood.
hai 	flower. bloom. flourish. excellence.
sni 	gold.
nyab 	iron.
veigni	copper.
hara 	diamond.
nyum 	breath. air. aroma. spirit.
hofru 	wind. gust. flow. rush.
wam 	river.
saim 	moon. lunar. month. follower.
tika 	star. amazing. awesome. shine.
yair 	hope. wish. desire. will. inension.
hogvi 	song. musical.
tau 	free. freedom. liberty. liberate.
tata 	tooth. bite.
azga 	alcohol. drunk. fermented.
govi 	love. romance. compassion. loyalty. passion.
hen 	sun. day. bright. shine.
ftes 	heat. fire. flame. hot. burn. warm.
broim 	fungus. mushroom.
tahei 	lake. pond. pool.
ukya 	ocean. sea.
henu 	speech. logic. story. communication.
wadai 	strong. power. force. intense.
fkebo 	bone. horn.
myai 	rain.
ubo 	wool.
honyo 	life. vitality. heal. energetic.
veig 	red. orange. brown. tan. blood.
ord 	yellow.
sei 	green. blue.
rohi 	white. bright. light.
yod 	dark. black. shadow. shade.
Clan names tend to be words of their own that are old enough that they are unrecognisable to any other word. Examples: Kabru, Gribo, Dzoni.
== Known Yogyogin ==
Yairadi Kabru, Hogvizni Dzoni
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