Champanians
Campenèsces Champaniens | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| ~15,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Champania | 11,764,562 |
| Languages | |
| Amathian, Barro-Liguersien, Gaullican | |
Champanians (Barro-Liguersien: Campenèsces; Gaullican: champaniens) is a designation first coined in 1941 designed to refer to a united Aurengian and Bregalian people. It is used in two connotations: the first in a supraethnic connotation, and the second referring to any citizen of Champania. Advocates of the term have ascribed the identity to peoples of Aurengian or Bregalian heritage, but also historically to Selorzans and ethnic Gaullicans who reside in Champania.
The language "Barro-Liguersien," also sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Champanois," is the standard language spoken by "Champanians" and itself is another political sociolinguistic concept used to describe an attempted standardized form of the pluricentric language Prouvençal. Barro-Liguersien is, alongside Gaullican, one of official languages of the Champania.
Domestically, the official designation for those who fall under the definition of Champanian is "Champanian." The quotation marks is used to distinguish the Champanian ethnicity from Champanian citizenship, which is written without quotation marks. Internationally, usage of "Champanian" is used mostly by immigrants who are of mixed heritage, while others still use their traditional ethnic or national identity, i.e Aurengian or Bregalian.