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The mid tone and low tone later merged, hence why high tone is the marked tone in High Sjowaazh. | The mid tone and low tone later merged, hence why high tone is the marked tone in High Sjowaazh. | ||
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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 and | 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. [TODO: rules] | ||
Number marking for nouns existed but was optional. | Number marking for nouns existed but was optional. | ||
More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh? | More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh? | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 5 February 2019
Classical Sjowaázh refers to an archaic literary standard of Sjowaázh, partly based on Late Old Sjowaázh.
Phonology
Consonants
Identical to Modern Sjowaázh
Vowels
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Tone
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.
7 possible pitch accent patterns:
- short: á, a, à
- long: áa, aà, àa, aa
The mid tone and low tone later merged, hence why high tone is the marked tone in High Sjowaazh.
Grammar
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. [TODO: rules]
Number marking for nouns existed but was optional.
More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?