Literally, "People who are not." Implied is "People who are not Nagai", though it is used only to refer to reptilians and pseudo-reptilians who happen to not be Nagai ... not the broader collective of species on Sinai in general. The singular, "Jinga" is very rarely used, but "Jingai" refers to, as a collective, the various reptiloid sapient races found in abundance in the Nagai Empire, specifically excluding the Nagai themselves. This would include the Shigai, Rokugai, Kirigai and (excluding the Nagai) the Nigai. The plural (as in, referring to a finite number) would be "Jingas". In the Nagai Empire, only Nagai and Jingai may be considered citizens. The Jingai are "second-class citizens" by comparison.
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