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Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. The prestige variety Amísreg (Sowaár: /ɑmíʂɛk/ 'high language') is a | Sowaár is strongly diglossic, with the diglossia influenced by social class. The prestige variety Amísreg (Sowaár: /ɑmíʂɛk/ 'high language') is a cousin of [[Sowaár/Classical|Classical Sowaár]] with some reborrowing 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. | ||
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 slowly emerging as the canonical non-posh colloquial dialect. | 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 slowly emerging as the canonical non-posh colloquial dialect. | ||