Verse:Hmøøh/Suwáábyíq: Difference between revisions
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==Society== | ==Society== | ||
===Class system=== | ===Class system=== | ||
Sjowaázh class is mainly determined by one's family pedigree. Today, one's class is also determined by education level and the schools one went to. Sjowaázh politics, which tends center-right, is significantly influenced by the class system. An upper class person will speak High Sjowaázh natively, | Sjowaázh class is mainly determined by one's family pedigree. Today, one's class is also determined by education level and the schools one went to. Sjowaázh politics, which tends center-right, is significantly influenced by the class system. An upper class Sjowaázh person will speak High Sjowaázh natively, while a middle class speaker will speak a weaker version of their local dialect. | ||
Historically, the Sjowaázh aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Zóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled). | Historically, the Sjowaázh aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Zóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled). | ||