On the Great Steppe, the First Emperor dreamed of a world united under one ruler as it was under one Sun. The leader of a minor host, he bested the leaders of the other hosts and was declared Emperor (khagan). The Sun rewarded him with Samuu, a ray of the Sun made flesh into a divine stallion.
The First Emperor taught all the disparate tribes his language so he could command them as one on his quest to unify the world. From Samuu's back, with his hordes behind him, he conquered all the Sun could touch. After he had conquered the lands to the sea, Samuu gave him a human son, the Second Emperor.
The Second Emperor's first trial came in the form of a stallion, black as the night, called Dohau. Dohau breathed fire, trampled the crops, and filled the sky with clouds that blotted out the Sun. The populace trembled in fear. Then the Second Emperor went and slew the monstrous stallion Dohau, bringing back the Sun and the crops, for which there was much rejoicing, and the Second Emperor cemented the dynasty.
The pool of given names is very small. For women, there are five names that together cover over 95% of the populace: Arah, Sisah, Rumüh, Ruh, and Gabah. Often they will be given to a set of sisters in that order. If a sixth daughter is born, she may receive another agriculture-related name, but she is just as likely to be called Arah, especially if the elder Arah is expected to marry out within a few years.
Men are typically named for birds. Common names include Kügou (raven), Chükau (hawk), Guyüu (eagle), Büčüu (owl), Eyau (swan), Besiu/Mesliu (blackbird), and Ladsau (lark). (The latter names are loans from Dabrı mesli "blackbird" (loaned twice) and ladza "lark".)
There are no surnames. Men are known by a patronym: their father's name in the genetive (subtracting the final u) and then -bayoi "son". E.g. Kügobayoi, Chükabayoi, Guyübayoi.
Women's second names are more mutable. They contain the name of the man in whose household they reside, and her relationship to him. A household run by a man by the name of Eyau might have women with the "surname" of:
After Eyau is inherited by his son Ladsau, his daughter-in-law would go from being Eyabenoi to Ladsarelui, and any unwed daughters from Eyawahui to Ladsadogai.
The Emperor claims descent from the First Emperor and the divine horse Samuu. Currently, there is an openly acknowledged harem, from which the worthiest son is chosen as the next Emperor. (There is, obviously, a lot of assassination going on.) Women in the current Emperor's harem are Rayarelui ("Sun's wife") without rank distinction; after he has fathered a son on a woman, he will stop visiting her.
Wives of the Emperor's sons are Chuyerelui ("dawn's wife") for wives of a designated heir apparent and Rayabenoi ("Sun's DIL") for any others, including when there is no designated heir apparent.
An Emperor's mother is Rayawoyei ("Sun's wet nurse") and other members of his father's harem Rayasünüh ("Sun's wet nurse", but with substrate loan word for wet nurse). As the Emperor is beholden to none, he can have no mother, only a wet nurse.
The various maidservants of the harem are Rayanohuh (senior) or Rayanouh (junior), but are generally known instead by rank and birthplace.
The remnants of the populace's original myths and legends are much stronger than in Kharas. On the northeastern plateau, small enclaves remain which speak (one of) the original language(s), Dabrı.
Some islands off the southeastern coast additionally speak Qiatskeb, but Qiatskeb is a marginal influence at best on Chuharah; Qiatskeb is the substrate that has affected Tuhet the most, but has not really influenced the other Samulian languages.