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*'''Vocabulary and grammar''': Standard Sowaár (''He'aásreg'') and regional dialects. New Urban Sowaár is a koiné consisting of a mixture of the two, with register changes. | *'''Vocabulary and grammar''': Standard Sowaár (''He'aásreg'') and regional dialects. New Urban Sowaár is a koiné consisting of a mixture of the two, with register changes. | ||
**''He'aásreg'' itself is a mixture of a local dialect and Classical Sowaár. | **''He'aásreg'' itself is a mixture of a local dialect and Classical Sowaár. | ||
*'''Accent''': Even when speaking Standard Sowaár (not a regional dialect), one is usually expected to keep a regional accent. Having no regional accent at all is associated with being upper class. | *'''Accent''': Even when speaking Standard Sowaár (not a regional dialect), one is usually expected to keep a regional accent. Having no regional accent at all is associated with being upper class. An Amísreg speaker will speak in Standard Sowaár, but the converse is not usually true. | ||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||