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===Dialects=== | ===Dialects=== | ||
Wiobian dialects vary the most in their degree of phonological conservatism and sound changes from Classical Wiobian. They are often not mutually intelligible, whence the policy that aggressively standardized the language and discouraged use of the dialects. Ironically this has had the effect of some un-etymological back-formations being used in the | Wiobian dialects vary the most in their degree of phonological conservatism and sound changes from Classical Wiobian. They are often not mutually intelligible, whence the policy that aggressively standardized the language and discouraged use of the dialects. Ironically this has had the effect of some un-etymological back-formations being used in the spellings of some words. | ||
==Classical Wiobian== | ==Classical Wiobian== | ||