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 ===Prosody===
-In Wistanian culture, speaking loudly is considered rude. Therefore, Wistanian language is typically spoken softly and clearly. It is arguably a stress-timed language that realizes stressed syllables and stressed words by lengthening vowel duration.
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+Prosody varies among the different people groups. In the standard dialect, a soft and clear tone is expected. In most Talivian villages, speaking loudly is considered rude and is therefore looked down upon. In the Southwest, the volume is typically louder. Speed also varies as the Northeast prefers slow and careful speech while the Northwest prefers fast-paced speech.
+Another key contrast among dialectal prosody is merging like vowels between separate words. For example, a Uzin speaker would most likely pronounce '''auvi ilam''' (young bird) by merging the final '''-i''' in '''auvi''' and the initial '''i-''' in '''ilam''', like [ˈɑvˈiləm]. A Nati speaker would pronounce both '''i''''s by lengthening it like [ˈɑv ˈiːləm]. A Bwolotil or Katapu speaker would insert a glottal stop between them: [ˈɑvi ˈʔiləm]. A Taliv speaker may add an empenthetic '''y''' and pronounce it like [ˈɑvi ˈjiləm].
 ===Orthography===