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-:''{{SUBPAGENAME}} is highly diglossic; unless stated otherwise, this page describes the modern standard register. For the other varieties, see the subpages devoted to individual varieties.
 :[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Classical]]
-:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/'Onápaam]]
-:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Jikhoó'ii]]
 :[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Camánreh]]
 :[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Hosne'éh]]
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-Forms of '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: ''soo-WAHZH''; Amísreg: ''Sowaár da·srég'' /sʊ̀wɑ̌ːɻ tɑ̀ʂɛ́k/, gloss: Sowaár {{sc|3pl}}-language-INAL) are the dominant languages in [[Verse:Tricin/Sowaárp'í|Sowaárp'í]] in [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli]]. Sowaár is a non-configurational polysynthetic language with a complex verbal morphology.
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: ''soo-WAHZH''; Amísreg: ''Sowaár da·srég'' /sʊ̀wɑ̌ːɻ tɑ̀ʂɛ́k/, gloss: Sowaár {{sc|3pl}}-language-INAL) is the dominant languages in [[Verse:Tricin/Sowaárp'í|Sowaárp'í]] in [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli]]. Sowaár is a non-configurational polysynthetic language with a complex verbal morphology.
 {{PAGENAME}} forms a single dialect continuum and is otherwise an isolate.
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 ==Diglossia==
-Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. Standard Sowaár, the prestige variety, is a cousin of [[Sowaár/Classical|Classical Sowaár]] with some borrowing from Classical Sowaár, is the standard language used in literature, formal writing, newsreading, and public announcements. The Amísreg (lit. 'noble language') accent of Standard Sowaár plays a similar role to the RP accent in British English: it is the accent associated with the upper class, and the accent used in public announcements and traditionally in Sot'oó broadcasts. An upper-class person will speak Standard Sowaár natively and speak with an Amísreg accent. 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 taking root as the canonical non-posh colloquial dialect.
-The hierarchy of lects is roughly as follows:
-*Upper class: Amísreg
-*Professional class: accented Standard Sowaár
-*Middle class: local vernacular + Standard Sowaár
-*Working/lower class: broad local vernacular
-Standard Sowaár is the variety taught in Sowaár schools. Non-native learners are first taught Standard Sowaár and are taught to speak in an Amísreg accent. 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 is usually Standard Sowaár, with accent depending on the region and social class of the characters. 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, Camánreh). 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, ...)
-Generally, less polysynthetic Sowaár dialects tend to be more fusional and preserve more of the ablaut system of verbs. Conversely, more polysynthetic dialects have simplified their ablaut system drastically, or have no ablaut at all. Standard Sowaár is in the middle of this spectrum.
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