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-'''Classical Sjowaázh''' refers to an archaic literary standard of Sjowaázh, partly based on Late Old Sjowaázh.
+'''Classical Sowaár''' refers to an archaic literary standard of Sowaár, partly based on Late Old Sowaár.
 ==Phonology==
 ===Consonants===
-Identical to Modern Sjowaázh
+Identical to Modern Sjowaázh except it had syllabic resonants: '''m mm n nn nr nnr l ll r rr''' (ḿ ń ĺ ŕ m̀ ǹ l̀ r̀)
-Syllabic resonants: '''m mm n nn nr nnr l ll r rr''' (ḿ ń ĺ ŕ m̀ ǹ l̀ r̀)
 ===Vowels===
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 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. There were also fewer tonal distinctions in affixes than 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. As a corollary tones were also flexible and there were also fewer (phonemic) tonal distinctions in affixes than in roots. [TODO: rules]
+===Nouns===
+Like Modern Sowaár, Classical Sowaár had singular, dual and plural numbers.
-Number prefixes for nouns existed but was optional.
+Number prefixes for nouns existed but were optional.
-More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?
+===Verbs===
+Verbs had more complex ablaut patterns than in modern Sowaár varieties. Affixes, on the other hand, were less fused with each other than in Modern High Sowaár.