In short, the tendencies to regional endogamy (including coastal area endogamy) and patrilectal exogamy exist in practice, if not in law.
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Patrilectal
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Sui children rapidly learn to distinguish these clan-related dialects; young children may speak a mix of matrilect and patrilect, but older children and teenagers are almost fully patrilectal (Stanford, 2008b).
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Children above five are ridiculed for any use of their mother's speech pattern, and by age five to seven, children use the patrilectal forms.
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Sui children have a mix of matrilect and patrilect at very young ages, but they eventually become fully patrilectal by late adolescence.
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