Wawa Tilikum

The Wawa Tilikum (:, "people of the language") are a ethnic group speaking the  language and living in a  around the Thunderbird Bay region of Yeongju, descended primarily from Yudeokese and Atfalatian traders and their families mixed with the local inhabitants of other countries around Thunderbird Bay, with a smaller amount of admixture from Sinjuans, Bangjuans, and other Yeongjuans. Similarly, Wawa itself is a based primarily on  mixed with  and other languages including, , and. Although they have always made up a minority in the countries in which they live, they have often had disproportionate cultural and economic influence in them due to their position as a typically prosperous and their native tongue's use as a lingua franca, which has in turn sometimes motivated prejudice and persecution against them.

In Yelamu
Small Wawa Tilikum communities have existed in Yelamu for hundreds of years, with larger waves settling during the Triple Protectorate and Hachuabshi colonial era from 1867 to 1943. Most supported independence in the Yelamese Revolution and were therefore not expelled as most settlers were. Since independence their political position has sometimes been precarious; while they have been held up as a without separatist tendencies in contrast to other ethnic minorities, they have also been accused of foreign allegiances (in particular to Hachuabsh) and undue control over the economy by nationalist groups, who occasionally targeted Wawa-owned businesses with "Yelamu for Yelamese" campaigns; during the military dictatorship, a disproportionate amount of those arrested or disappeared were Wawa Tilikum, though there is debate over whether this was intentional or coincidental. Today Wawa Tilikum make up about 3-4% of the population of Yelamu and are well-integrated, with the highest income and education of any ethnic group in the country, a high rate of intermarriage with the rest of the population, and an increasing rate of using as a first language. Most Yelamese major cities have "Wawa quarters", typically marked by s and Wawa-language signage.