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| - The Jelbic people (Old High Jelbic: Jelb'koékai) or Jelbics are a major meta-ethnicity whose members live predominantly in North-West Majatra and speak the Jelbic languages, a group of mutually intelligible dialects descending from Old High Jelbic. Jelbics share, to varying degrees, linguistic, cultural, political, ethnic, and historical traits, in addition to numerous indigenous elements. The Jelbic people are thus a broad and heterogeneous ethno-linguistic group of peoples. For that reason Jelbic identity is primarily based on linguistic grounds, however not all native Jelbic speakers consider themselves Jelbic, and many non-speakers (most notably the Vanukean people) have adopted a Jelbic identity.
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| - The Jelbic people (Old High Jelbic: Jelb'koékai) or Jelbics are a major meta-ethnicity whose members live predominantly in North-West Majatra and speak the Jelbic languages, a group of mutually intelligible dialects descending from Old High Jelbic. Jelbics share, to varying degrees, linguistic, cultural, political, ethnic, and historical traits, in addition to numerous indigenous elements. The Jelbic people are thus a broad and heterogeneous ethno-linguistic group of peoples. For that reason Jelbic identity is primarily based on linguistic grounds, however not all native Jelbic speakers consider themselves Jelbic, and many non-speakers (most notably the Vanukean people) have adopted a Jelbic identity. Jelbic peoples are divided into three main ethnic groups, namely the Jelbek, Brmek, and Pntek, who form substantial populations in Jelbania, Barmenia and Vanuku, and Pontesi, respectively, collectively known as the "Jelbosphere". Other smaller Jelbic groups, such as the Dztek or Jelbido, are found as minorities in several other nations.
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