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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. As a corollary there were also fewer (phonemic) 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]


Number prefixes for nouns existed but were optional.
Number prefixes for nouns existed but were optional.


More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?
More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?

Revision as of 16:43, 2 May 2019

Classical Sowaár refers to an archaic literary standard of Sowaár, partly based on Late Old Sowaár.

Phonology

Consonants

Identical to Modern Sjowaázh

Syllabic resonants: m mm n nn nr nnr l ll r rr (ḿ ń ĺ ŕ m̀ ǹ l̀ r̀)

Vowels

Oral vowels
Front Back
short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ii /iː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open e /ɛ/ ee /ɛː/ a /ɑ/ aa /ɑː/

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. As a corollary tones were also flexible and there were also fewer (phonemic) tonal distinctions in affixes than in roots. [TODO: rules]

Number prefixes for nouns existed but were optional.

More fusional and less agglutinative than Modern Sjowaázh?