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-'''New Urban Sjowaázh''' is an emergent variety of Sjowaázh spoken by the youngest generation (children and teens) of the urban middle class.
+'''New Urban Sowaár''' is an emergent variety of Sowaár spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. It is characterized by:
+*a vocabulary and grammar that is a mixture of formal/standard Sowaár and informal/basilectal Sowaár, where formal Sowaár is used for high-register words and concepts
+*a non-posh accent
 ==Origins==
-Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sjowaázh speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of the gynelect is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sjowaázh.
+Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaár speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaár.
 ==Phonology==
-The phonology is similar to High Sjowaázh, with a few differences.
+The phonology is based on High Sowaár, with a few differences.
-*Word-initial /sC-/ clusters become /C-/.
+*Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced.
-*'''zh''' is a retroflex approximant.
+*'''dr tr tr' ''' are affricate [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ'].
-*'''ly''' merges with '''y'''.
+*'''dlr tlr tlr' łr''' become velar laterals '''gl kl kl' khl'''.
-*There is more syncope.
+*'''nr r''' are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár.
+*'''p''' may be pronounced [f].
+*'''w''' may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ].
 *Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).
+==Morphology==
+Similar to High Sowaár
+===Ablaut===
+New Urban Sowaár has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaár's 57.
+===Discourse affixes===
+Discourse affixes are used heavily, unlike in High Sowaár.
+==Vocabulary==
+[[Eevo]] loanwords are much more common in New Urban Sowaár than in High Sowaár. Many words of Eevo origin are pseudo-Eevoisms or clippings of Eevo words and phrases. High Sowaár used to prefer to borrow from [[Skellan/Accents#Alcvean|Skellan Eevo]], but today [[Skellan/Accents#General_Fyxoomian|Fyxoomian Eevo]] is the norm for new borrowings.