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| '''Classical Sjowaázh''' refers to an archaic literary standard of Sjowaázh, partly based on Late Old Sjowaázh.
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Identical to Modern Sjowaázh
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| Syllabic resonants: '''m mm n nn nr nnr l ll r rr''' (ḿ ń ĺ ŕ m̀ ǹ l̀ r̀)
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| ===Vowels===
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''Oral vowels'''
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| ! rowspan="2" style=""|
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |Front
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |Back
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | {{spell-nv|'''i'''}} /ɪ/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''ii'''}} /iː/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''o'''}} /o/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''oo'''}} /oː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | {{spell-nv|'''e'''}} /ɛ/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''ee'''}} /ɛː/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''a'''}} /ɑ/
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| | {{spell-nv|'''aa'''}} /ɑː/
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| |}
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| ===Tone===
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| Classical Sjowaázh had three level tones: high (''á''), mid (''a''), low (''à''). Conservative Modern High Sjowaázh has vestiges of the 3-tone system in its intonation.
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| 7 possible pitch accent patterns:
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| *short: ''á, a, à''
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| *long: ''áa, aà, àa, aa''
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| The mid tone and low tone later merged, hence why high tone is the marked tone in High Sjowaazh.
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| ==Grammar==
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| Classical Sowaár was optimized for poetic meters (like Marathi) – word order was relatively free and affixes used both long and short syllables. Vowel length was relatively free in affixes (obeying some constraints) and fixed in roots. There were also fewer tonal distinctions in affixes than in roots. [TODO: rules]
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| Number prefixes for nouns existed but was optional.
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| More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?
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