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'''New Urban Sjowaázh''' is an emergent variety of | '''New Urban Sjowaázh''' is an emergent variety of Sowaázh spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of | Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaázh 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 Sowaázh. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The phonology is based on High | The phonology is based on High Sowaázh, with a few differences. | ||
*Plain unaspirated consonants /p t c k ts tʂ tɕ/ become fully voiced [b d dʑ g dz dʐ dʑ]. | *Plain unaspirated consonants /p t c k ts tʂ tɕ/ become fully voiced [b d dʑ g dz dʐ dʑ]. | ||
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Similar to High Sjowaázh | Similar to High Sjowaázh | ||
===Ablaut=== | ===Ablaut=== | ||
New Urban Sjowaázh has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High | New Urban Sjowaázh has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaázh's 57. | ||
==Vocabulary== | |||
Skellan loanwords are much more common than in High Sowaázh. | |||