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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. | ||
==Grammar== | ==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] | 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. [TODO: rules] | ||
Number prefixes for nouns existed but was optional. | Number prefixes for nouns existed but was optional. | ||
More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh? | More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh? | ||