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'''Modern Hivantish''' (''Úruhivantisur tåzwar'' /u:ruhivandisur tO:zwar/) is the most widely spoken descendant of Classical Hivantish, and it's inspired by Modern Greek and Icelandic, drawing on phonological, diachronic and grammatical similarities between the two languages. | '''Modern Hivantish''' (''Úruhivantisur tåzwar'' /u:ruhivandisur tO:zwar/) is the most widely spoken descendant of Classical Hivantish, and it's inspired by Modern Greek and Icelandic, drawing on phonological, diachronic and grammatical similarities between the two languages. | ||
Modern Hivantish has two registers, a literary one drawing heavily from | Modern Hivantish has two registers, a literary one drawing heavily from Classical Hivantish and making use of mostly native vocabulary (c.f. Háfrónska and Katharevousa), and spoken Hivantish which has lots of loanwords from English, Riphean; Greek and Nyvierfusiez. | ||
Modern Hivantish derives mostly from the Tremisian dialect of Ancient Hivantish but there is some koineization from northern dialects. | Modern Hivantish derives mostly from the Tremisian dialect of Ancient Hivantish but there is some koineization from northern dialects. |
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