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In Conservative High Sjowaázh, the '''g'''-series is realized as postvelar, and the '''gy'''-series is realized as prevelar.


'''p'''' only appears in loans.
'''p'''' only appears in loans.
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In Conservative High Sjowaázh, '''o oo''' are [o o:] and '''a aa''' are less back [ä ä:] unless adjacent to '''g'''-series consonants.


===Pitch accent===
===Pitch accent===
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Other Sjowaázh lects have different tonal systems or none. For example, the Cyamányeh lect has no tone.
Other Sjowaázh lects have different tonal systems or none. For example, the Cyamányeh lect has no tone.
Conservative Modern High Sjowaázh retains vestiges of the Classical Sjowaázh 3-tone system in its intonation, thus Conservative High Sjowaázh is often said to be more melodic than Modern High Sjowaázh.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
Sjowaázh allows the following initial clusters: ''sb sd sj sjh sjy sgy sg'' /sˑp sˑt sˑts ʂˑtʂ ɕˑtɕ sˑc sˑk/.
Sjowaázh allows the following initial clusters: ''sb sd sj sjh sjy sgy sg'' /sˑp sˑt sˑts ʂˑtʂ ɕˑtɕ sˑc sˑk/.
===Conservative High Sjowaázh phonology===
In Conservative High Sjowaázh, the '''g'''-series is realized as postvelar, and the '''gy'''-series is realized as prevelar. Also, '''o oo''' are [o o:] and '''a aa''' are less back [ä ä:] unless adjacent to '''g'''-series consonants.
Conservative Modern High Sjowaázh retains vestiges of the Classical Sjowaázh 3-tone system in its intonation, thus Conservative High Sjowaázh is often said to be more melodic than Modern High Sjowaázh.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==