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:''{{SUBPAGENAME}} is highly diglossic; unless stated otherwise, this page describes the modern standard Amísreg register. For the other varieties, see the subpages devoted to individual varieties.

Forms of '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: ''soo-WAHZH''; Amísreg: ''Sowaár da·srég'' /sʊ̀wɑ̌ːɻ tɑ̀ʂɛ́k/, gloss: Sowaár {{sc|3pl}}-language) are the dominant languages in [[Verse:Tricin/Sóol|Sowaár daSóol]] in [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli]]. Sowaár is a non-configurational polysynthetic language with a complex verbal morphology.  

Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. The prestige variety Amísreg (Sowaár: /ɑmíʂɛk/ 'high language') is a direct descendant of [[Sowaár/Classical|Classical Sowaár]] with some reborrowing from Classical Sowaár, and it is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, public announcements. Amísreg plays a similar role to the RP accent in British English: most native speakers of Amísreg are people from highly educated and wealthy families. On the other end of the spectrum, the lower class speak local lects which are sometimes mutually unintelligible. Amísreg is not a static entity; it is defined as whatever the Sowaár upper class speaks at the time.

The diglossia is also influenced by gender: urban women are more likely than other groups to use more neutral forms and accents (i.e. closer to an abstract pseudo-Amísreg "gynelect"). Since the 1340s (fT), a greater permissiveness towards regional and "nonstandard" varieties of Sowaár has taken hold in education. However, due to greater travel and the mass media, marked features in Sowaár varieties have also begun to disappear. Today, a quasi-"gynelect", New Urban Sowaár, is slowly emerging as the canonical non-posh colloquial dialect.

*Upper class: Amísreg

*Professional class: accented Amísreg

*Middle class: local vernacular + Amísreg

Amísreg is the variety taught in Sowaár schools and also the variety that is often first taught to non-natives. Though most natives are able to speak the proper language from learning it in school, they only choose to use it in certain situations, like greeting a customer, or talking to a stranger over the phone.

The language encountered in Sowaár pop culture can be much less posh, depending on the region and social class of the characters, and the target audience. The most frequently used Sowaár varieties in pop culture are the urban middle-class lects (most creators live in or near one of the major urban centers, e.g. 'Onápaam, Jikhoó'ii, Cyamányeh). Using more unusual lects mark certain types of characters (e.g. rural lects for country hicks, broad urban lects for hypermasculine bros, a caricatured "gynelect" for ditzy teenage girls, Amísreg for posh villains, ...)

===Conservative Amísreg===

In Conservative Amísreg, the '''g'''-series is realized as postvelar, and the '''gy'''-series is realized as prevelar. The vowels '''o oo''' are consistently [o o:], and '''a aa''' are less back [ä ä:] unless adjacent to '''g'''-series consonants.

Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners may perceive as overdramatic.

*Conservative Amísreg: á, a, à, áa, aá, aa

*Modern Amísreg: á, a, áa, aá, aa

All varieties of Sowaár are written in the Sowaár alphabet, which was originally developed as a phonetic notation system like the IPA. Amísreg spelling is based on Conservative Amísreg.

All Sowaár lects have extensive sandhi systems. The following describes Amísreg sandhi.

Amísreg is non-configurational. Noun phrases are head-final.