Chan people

The Chan or Chan people ( 燦人, Chan yàhn) are a Western Escaric and people, indigenous to the region of modern day Chanha. Chan culture originated in the area around the Linho River Valley and spread outward during the influential reign of the Early Chan dynasty (650 AD - 870 AD). Populations of refugees, merchants, and settlers spread southward and eastward during the fall of the Chan leading to a proliferation of Chan culture, ideals, and language throughout the coast of Western Escar.

Since the the Chan people have spread far beyond Escar, establishing communities in other nations and in the few colonial holdings of the Chanhanese Empire. Large immigrant communities settled in Chisei and Yamatai specifically, forming a unique syncretic culture between their new homes and their culture of origin. The Chan is large enough that the Chanhanese government formed a bureau specifically to deal with diaspora affairs, often promoting heritage education as well as resettlement and residency schemes for  and their children.