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Nord:  Northern European:  German, Scandinavian, Slavic

Imperial:  South European: Italian, Greek, Spanish

Breton:  Western European:  British, French

Redguard:  West Asian and North African:  Arab, Berber

Dunmer:  Central Asian:  Persian, Turk, North Indian

Altmer:  East Asian:  Chinese

Bosmer:  South Indian and Southeast Asian

Orsimer:  Mongols, Huns

Argonians:  Subsaharan Africans

Khajit:  Native and Latin Americans

Akaviri:  Japanese

Dwemer:  Tibetans

Falmer:  Khazars (Asians who became Jews)