Family in the Charalin Plains

Charali families tend to differ greatly from the common meaning of the word in surrounding regions. For most Charali, the word "family" includes one's siblings, parents, and grandparents -- but also one's first cousins, second cousins, third cousins, several sets of in-laws, and more complicated familial relations that most other languages have no word for. It is not uncommon, too, for families to adopt one another en masse, small tribal units that merge and then wander and settle together at a whim. The birthrates here are higher than they are in much of the rest of the kingdom, though siblings' ages can be somewhat more spread out due to the care Charali take to only have children when they are certain of being able to provide food for them.