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{{PAGENAME}} belongs to a single dialect continuum and is otherwise an isolate, though some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]].

Until recently Sjowaázh was highly diglossic, and still is to some extent. High Sjowaázh, modeled after Classical Sjowaázh, is considered the "proper language" and is often used in literature, public announcements and by the upper classes, while the lower orders speak less conservative varieties and sociolects which were sometimes mutually unintelligible. Since the 1340s (fT), a greater permissiveness towards regional and "nonstandard" varieties of Sjowaázh has taken hold in education, and marked features in Sjowaázh ~~lects~~ have started to disappear.

Until recently Sjowaázh was highly diglossic, and still is to some extent. High Sjowaázh, modeled after Classical Sjowaázh, is considered the "proper language" and is often used in literature, public announcements and by the upper classes, while the lower orders speak less conservative varieties and sociolects which were sometimes mutually unintelligible. Since the 1340s (fT), a greater permissiveness towards regional and "nonstandard" varieties of Sjowaázh has taken hold in education; however, due to greater travel and the mass media, marked features in Sjowaázh varieties have also started to disappear.

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 {{PAGENAME}} belongs to a single dialect continuum and is otherwise an isolate, though some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]].
-Until recently Sjowaázh was highly diglossic, and still is to some extent. High Sjowaázh, modeled after Classical Sjowaázh, is considered the "proper language" and is often used in literature, public announcements and by the upper classes, while the lower orders speak less conservative varieties and sociolects which were sometimes mutually unintelligible. Since the 1340s (fT), a greater permissiveness towards regional and "nonstandard" varieties of Sjowaázh has taken hold in education, and marked features in Sjowaázh lects have started to disappear.
+Until recently Sjowaázh was highly diglossic, and still is to some extent. High Sjowaázh, modeled after Classical Sjowaázh, is considered the "proper language" and is often used in literature, public announcements and by the upper classes, while the lower orders speak less conservative varieties and sociolects which were sometimes mutually unintelligible. Since the 1340s (fT), a greater permissiveness towards regional and "nonstandard" varieties of Sjowaázh has taken hold in education; however, due to greater travel and the mass media, marked features in Sjowaázh varieties have also started to disappear.
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