Taliv

The Taliv people group live in the central mountain range of Wistania, especially surrounding the Great Center Sea, which provides for most of their food and water. They were the first to arrive in Wistanian, and the Wistanian Language is primarily based on their idiolect during the declaration of peace.

History
The Taliv began as a farming tribe, living on the fjords of a distant continent, Ithrea. As the Diwa came to power, they and their sister tribes were enslaved and forced to give three quarters their goods to the empire. This prompted the Taliv to make ships and store food in secret, and during the New Years festival, they cleverly poisoned the drinks of their guards and escaped during the night. After several weeks on the open ocean, surviving only by the help of an ajmastone, they reached the shores of Wistania, and settled in the mountains.

Two hundred years later, the Bwolotil people arrived. The hostile people poisoned the Great Center Sea and killed their crops until they handed over the Sun Stone, the ajmastone resting at the center of their people's capital, responsible for their survival across the ocean. The Taliv refused and moved further east. As their war with the Bwolotil began, The Nati people discovered the island as well and allied with the Taliv to suppress the Bwolotil's advances. This alliance formed the Taliv-Nati Creole which later was drafted into the Wistanian language.

Culture
The Talivian culture is one of hard work and even harder play, celebrating festivals nearly every month, some more intensely than others. Their culture is greatly obsessed with birds, naming many of their children after the names of legendary birds (most famously, Zamara). Bird's are commonly kept as pets and as decorations. Homes are typically made out of wood and circular. Most people sleep in hammocks which ascend to the roof of the house when not in use. Their clothing is typically more modest, since the temperature is lower, although they will wear damiyan from time to time. Both men and women work in the fields, mines, and lakes, and everyone knows how to fish by the time they're old enough to row a boat.

Language
The Taliv language has since been replaced by Wistanian after the language became primary, but several people can still speak and understand it. The language underwent three distinct phases: Old Taliv, which was spoken before Diwa's conquering, Middle Taliv, which was spoken during their enslavement and for a while after they had escaped, and New Taliv, which was spoken on Wistania, during the The Wistanian War and shortly after peace was declared, surviving until Wistanian had become most prominent.