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==Internal history== | ==Internal history== | ||
The name Sowaár means | The name ''Sowaár'' literally means "good people" (from ''so-'' 'good' + ''waár'', an obsolete root meaning 'people'; some draw a connection to Proto-Quame ''*kwarom''). | ||
Some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]]. | Some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]]. | ||
==Diglossia== | ==Diglossia== | ||
Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. The prestige variety Amísreg (Sowaár: /ɑmíʂɛk/ 'noble language') is a cousin of [[Sowaár/Classical|Classical Sowaár]] with some borrowing from Classical Sowaár, and it is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, and 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. | Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. The prestige variety Amísreg (Sowaár: /ɑmíʂɛk/ 'noble language') is a cousin of [[Sowaár/Classical|Classical Sowaár]] with some borrowing from Classical Sowaár, and it is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, and 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. | ||