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'''New Urban Sjowaázh''' is an emergent variety of | '''New Urban Sjowaázh''' is an emergent variety of Sowaázh spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of | Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaázh speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaázh. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The phonology is based on High | The phonology is based on High Sowaázh, with a few differences. | ||
*Plain unaspirated consonants /p t c k ts tʂ tɕ/ become fully voiced [b d dʑ g dz dʐ dʑ]. | *Plain unaspirated consonants /p t c k ts tʂ tɕ/ become fully voiced [b d dʑ g dz dʐ dʑ]. | ||
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Similar to High Sjowaázh | Similar to High Sjowaázh | ||
===Ablaut=== | ===Ablaut=== | ||
New Urban Sjowaázh has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High | New Urban Sjowaázh has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaázh's 57. | ||
==Vocabulary== | |||
Skellan loanwords are much more common than in High Sowaázh. | |||
Revision as of 16:56, 22 January 2019
New Urban Sjowaázh is an emergent variety of Sowaázh spoken by urban middle-class children and teens.
Origins
Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaázh speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaázh.
Phonology
The phonology is based on High Sowaázh, with a few differences.
- Plain unaspirated consonants /p t c k ts tʂ tɕ/ become fully voiced [b d dʑ g dz dʐ dʑ].
- Word-initial /sC-/ clusters become voiceless unaspirated stops.
- gy ky ky' merges with jy cy cy'.
- ly merges with y.
- p may be pronounced [f].
- Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).
Morphology
Similar to High Sjowaázh
Ablaut
New Urban Sjowaázh has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaázh's 57.
Vocabulary
Skellan loanwords are much more common than in High Sowaázh.