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

==Diglossia==

Sjowaázh is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. High Sjowaázh, the prestige variety, is a mixture of 'Onáp'aañ Sjowaázh and [[Sjowaázh/Classical|Classical Sjowaázh]] and is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, public announcements. High Sjowaázh plays a similar role to the RP accent in British English: it is natively spoken mostly by people from highly educated and wealthy families. On the other end of the spectrum, the lower class speak local varieties and sociolects which are sometimes mutually unintelligible. The diglossia is also influenced by gender: urban women are more likely than other groups to use more neutral (i.e. less dialectally marked) forms and accents. 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 begun to disappear.

High Sjowaázh is the variety taught in Sjowaázh schools and also the variety that is often first taught to non-natives. Though most natives are able to speak the proper language to some extent, they only choose to use it in certain situations, like greeting a customer, or talking to a stranger over the phone. The language used in Sjowaázh pop culture can be much less posh, depending on the region and the social class of the characters.

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 {{PAGENAME}} forms a single dialect continuum and is otherwise an isolate, though some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]].
 ==Diglossia==
-Sjowaázh is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. High Sjowaázh, the prestige variety, is a mixture of 'Onáp'aañ Sjowaázh and [[Sjowaázh/Classical|Classical Sjowaázh]] and is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, public announcements. High Sjowaázh plays a similar role to the RP accent in British English: it is natively spoken mostly by people from highly educated and wealthy families.  On the other end of the spectrum, the lower class speak local varieties and sociolects which are sometimes mutually unintelligible. The diglossia is also influenced by gender: urban women are more likely than other groups to use more neutral (i.e. less dialectally marked) forms and accents. 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 begun to disappear.
+Sjowaázh is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. High Sjowaázh, the prestige variety, is a mixture of 'Onáp'aañ Sjowaázh and [[Sjowaázh/Classical|Classical Sjowaázh]] and is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, public announcements. High Sjowaázh plays a similar role to the RP accent in British English: it is natively spoken mostly by people from highly educated and wealthy families. On the other end of the spectrum, the lower class speak local varieties and sociolects which are sometimes mutually unintelligible. The diglossia is also influenced by gender: urban women are more likely than other groups to use more neutral (i.e. less dialectally marked) forms and accents. 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 begun to disappear.
 High Sjowaázh is the variety taught in Sjowaázh schools and also the variety that is often first taught to non-natives. Though most natives are able to speak the proper language to some extent, they only choose to use it in certain situations, like greeting a customer, or talking to a stranger over the phone. The language used in Sjowaázh pop culture can be much less posh, depending on the region and the social class of the characters.