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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 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 | 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. | ||