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'''Suwāri''' is a language isolate of Hmøøh. It is inspired aesthetically by Burmese and Japanese and grammatically by Navajo.
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{{Infobox language
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|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]]
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = Sowaazh dasheg
|pronunciation= /sʊ̀wɑ̌ːɻ tɑ̀ʂɛ́k/
|setting= Tricin
|region = Sowaazh daSóol, in Txapoalli
|familycolor=Isolate
|script={{PAGENAME}} alphabet
|nation=Sowaazhp'í (''de facto'')
|agency=none
|iso3=
|notice=IPA
}}
 
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: ''soo-WAHR''; Amisheg: ''Sowaazh da·shég'' /sʊ̀wɑ̌ːɻ tɑ̀ʂɛ́k/, gloss: Sowaazh {{sc|3pl}}-language-INAL) is the dominant language in [[Verse:Tricin/Sowaazhp'i|Sowaazhp'i]] in [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli]]. Sowaazh is a non-configurational polysynthetic language with a complex verbal morphology.
 
{{PAGENAME}} forms a single dialect continuum and is otherwise an isolate.
 
Go back to the nontonal Navajo + Polish aesthetic
==External history==
Sowaazh is made for a [[Verse:Tricin/Sóol|Japan- and Britain-inspired country]] in Tricin but is intended to be very different from Japanese or English. It is aesthetically inspired mainly by Navajo, and secondarily by Hmong and Vietnamese. On the other hand, its grammar is Inuit-inspired.
 
==Internal history==
The name ''Sowaazh'' literally means "good people" (from ''so-'' 'good' + ''waár'', an obsolete root meaning 'people'; some draw a connection to Proto-Quame ''*kwarom'').
 
Some speculate that {{PAGENAME}} is related to the [[Quame languages]].
 
==Todo==
*Badly irregular ablaut like Navajo
*Some really short roots
*Should be different from Navajo and [[Roshterian]] but still polysynthetic
*Some Quame-ish words
<!--
<poem>
i fall in love with you (active counterpart) = shelisjhaágy
do you want reduplication?
sounds ok
how is -in for an attributive clause
or relative clause
verb+in
so it's a nominalizer
clofab intensifies
yeah
shiilyohookh+in = that piles up
😍1
and that could ablaut to -iin or -iín?
in some forms like intransitive attributive
most C(C)oC verbs should inflect like sjhogy
maybe
Sowaazh should be non-config
noun phrases are head-final and they use relational nouns
shiilyohookh would inflect like
 
khashiilyohookh
akheshiiñlyohookh
khóoshigyoñhookh?
inceptive should use t
yeah
or d
because of quame future
quihumists would relate that to thensarian -tē-
yeah
that "let us soar party" 😀
and for the fun of it...
the t should be an infix!
sjhodagy-
😍1
should mean to fall in love
</poem>
-->
 
==Phonology==
The following describes Amisheg (Standard Sowaazh) phonology.
===Consonants===
Amisheg has a large consonant inventory of 40 consonants:
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
|+ '''Consonant phonemes in Amisheg'''
|-
!  colspan="2" style="width: 136px; "|
!  style="width: 68px; " |Labial
!  style="width: 68px; " |Dental
!  style="width: 68px; " |Retroflex
!  style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
!  style="width: 68px; " |Velar
!  style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2"| Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n{{den}}/
| '''nr'''
| '''ny''' /ɲ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="3" style=""  |Stop
! |<small>tenuis</small>
| '''b''' /p/
| '''d''' /t{{den}}/
| '''dr'''
|
| '''g''' /k/
| ''' ' ''' /ʔ/
|-
! |<small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' /pʰ/
| '''t''' /t{{den}}ʰ/
| '''tr'''
|
| '''k''' /kʰ/
|
|-
! |<small>ejective</small>
|
| '''t'''' /t{{den}}ʼ/
| '''tr''''
|
| '''k'''' /kʼ/
|
|-
! rowspan="3" style=""  | Affricate
! |<small>tenuis</small>
|
| '''j''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}/
| '''jh''' /tʂ/
| '''jy''' /t{{ś}}/
|
|
|-
! |<small>aspirated</small>
|
| '''c''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}ʰ/
| '''ch''' /tʂʰ/
| '''cy''' /t{{ś}}ʰ/
|
|
|-
! |<small>ejective</small>
|
| '''c' ''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}ʼ/
| '''ch' ''' /tʂʼ/
| '''cy' ''' /t{{ś}}ʼ/
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
|
| '''s''' /s{{den}}/
| '''sh''' /ʂ/
| '''sy''' /ɕ/
| '''kh''' /x/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Approximant
| '''w''' /w/
| '''l''' /l/
| '''zh''' /{{Tamil zh}}/
| '''y''' /j/
|
|
|}
 
====Notes====
All consonants in Amisheg are long, compared to English and other Sowaazh dialects: with plain stops the hold is longer, with aspirated stops the aspiration is longer, and with affricates the frication is longer. The voice onset time of the aspirated and ejective stops is twice as long as that found in most other languages.
 
===Vowels===
Amisheg has only 4 vowel qualities, although there is phonemic vowel length.
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Amisheg oral vowels'''
! rowspan="2" style=""|
! colspan="2" style="" |Front
! colspan="2" style="" |Back
|-
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /ɪ/
| '''ii''' /iː/
| '''o''' /ʊ/
| '''oo''' /uː/
|-
! style="" |Open
| '''e''' /ɛ/
| '''ee''' /ɛː/
| '''a''' /ɑ/
| '''aa''' /ɑː/
|}
 
===Phonotactics===
Sowaazh allows no initial clusters.
 
===Accents===
:''Main article: [[Sowaazh/Accents]]
There are two dimensions of linguistic variation in Sowaazh:
*'''Vocabulary and grammar''': Standard Sowaazh (''He'aásreg'') and regional dialects. New Urban Sowaazh is a koiné consisting of a mixture of the two, with register changes.
**''He'aásreg'' itself is a mixture of a local dialect and Classical Sowaazh.
*'''Accent''': Even when speaking Standard Sowaazh (not a regional dialect), one is usually expected to keep a regional accent. Having no regional accent at all is associated with being upper class. An Amisheg speaker will speak in Standard Sowaazh, but the converse is not usually true.
 
==Orthography==
All varieties of Sowaazh are written in the Sowaazh alphabet, which was originally developed as a phonetic notation system like the IPA. Amisheg spelling is based on Conservative Amisheg.
 
*no dot: mid tone
*one dot below: high tone
*two dots below: low tone (unpronounced)
===Writing vernaculars===
 
==Sandhi==
All Sowaazh lects have extensive sandhi systems. The following describes Standard Sowaazh sandhi.
===Consonants and vowels===
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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg mw-collapsible"
! rowspan=2 | Initial <br/>Consonant
! colspan=23| Final Consonant
|-
! f
! p
! b
! m
! th
! t
! d
! n
! ch
! c
! g
! ng
! s
! ts
! ł
! tł
! ș
! h
! '
! l
! r
! w
! y
|-
! f
| f
| p
| sp
| fn
| ft
| ft
| ft
| fn
| pc
| pc
| pc
| fng
| ps
| fts
| pł
| ftł
| pș
| f
| f'
| fl
| fr
| fw
| fy
|-
! p
|-
! b
|-
! m
|-
! th
|-
! t
|-
! d
|-
! n
|-
! ch
|-
! g
|-
! c
|-
! ng
|-
! s
|-
! ts
|-
! ł
|-
! tł
|-
! ș
|-
! h
|-
! '
|-
! l
|-
! r
|-
! w
|-
! y
|}
-->
 
===Tone===
 
==Morphology==
:''Main article: [[Sowaazh/Morphology]]''
 
Sowaazh has a large number of noun-like constructions which appear on the surface to be phrases, but which are fixed in both meaning and morphology.
 
Example:
 
:'''''Sowaazh tash la'dat'ooweyiid'''''
:/sʊ̀wɑ̌:ɻ tʰɑ̀ʂ lɑ̀ʔtɑ̀tʼǔ:wɛ̀jì:t/
:Sowaazh da-hasr la'-da-t'oó-e-iid
:Sowaazh 3PL.AN-for "all directions"-3PL.AN-radiate/REG-REG=NOMZ.AN (REG = TAM for "regularly does something, as in a job")
:''Sowaazh Broadcasting Corporation''
:Literal translation: "those who regularly send things out in all directions for the Sowaazh people"
 
==Syntax==
===Word order===
Amisheg is non-configurational. Noun phrases are head-final.
===Clitics===
Most conjunctions obey Wackernagel's law; they come after the first syntactic phrase or the first stressed word in a clause.
 
===Nominalizers===
Nominalized relative clauses are formed by attaching the nominalizing clitic ''=in'' after the clause.
 
Examples:
*''lisdrój'' /lɪ̀ʂtʂʊ́c/ = 'I love you' > ''lisdrójeh'' /lɪ̀ʂtʂʊ́ceh/ =  'the fact that I love you'
*''sriilohóokh'' = 'they pile up forming a line' > ''sriilohóokhin'' = (a type of scale used in Sowaazh music)
 
==Vocabulary==
Sowaazh vocabulary is nearly exclusively native. A sparse number of words are from Naquic and Tsimulh languages, and recently, [[Skellan]]. Borrowed words are almost all nouns.
 
For example:
 
''Khópab daSóol'' = Clofabolocin (via Skellan ''Clofab'')
 
glah → gakháh /kaxah/
 
Hnawcas Amlad → Náwokas Ámkhad
 
Iña's Moh > Íikhasmoh
 
To abbreviate words, Sowaazh uses clipping.
===Transliterating Skellan===
Consonants:
*/m n ŋ/ = ''m n n''
*/p t k/ = ''b d g''
*/pʰ tʰ kʰ/ = ''p t k''
*/ts tʃ/ = ''c c''
*/f θ ç χ h/ = ''p d x kh h''
*/v ð j/ = ''w d y''
*/s ʃ/ = ''s x''
*/z ʒ/ = ''s x''
*/w r r̥ ʟ/ = ''w r sh kh''
 
Vowels:
*/i y ə u e~ɛi ø~œy o~ɔu ɛ œ a ɔ/ = ''ii ii a oo i/eyi i/eyi o/awo e e a a''
**/e ø o/ = ''i i o'' for Skellan Eevo, ''eyi/ewi/awo'' for Fyxoomian Eevo
*/ai ui au ɛu iu iə yə uə/ = ''ayi owi awo ewo iyo iya iya uwa'''
*Fyxoomian: /õˁ ẽˁ~ø̃ˁ ɛ̃ˁ~œ̃ˁ ɔ̃ˁ ãˁ/ = ''oN iN eN aN aN''
*Skellan: /iɤ yɤ uɤ eɤ øɤ oɤ ɛɤ aɤ ɔɤ/ = ''iwa iwa owa iwa ewa owa ewa awa awa''
 
==Study by non-native speakers==
Due to the popularity of Sowaazh pop culture across the globe, Sowaazh is commonly learned by Sowaazhophile otakus. Sowaazh is considered one of the most daunting languages for speakers of most Northern languages, due to its morphological complexity and high degree of diglossia.
 
==Poetry==
Sowaazh poetry uses quantitative meters, like Sanskrit.
 
(LLLLSLLSSSSSSLLSLLSLL)
 
(LLLSSLSLSSSLLLSLLSL)
 
<poem>
Lyoóshaant’ ólo·sjecyida'eéch’ óna da·sk’onyáad shéb (LLSLSSSLSSLSLL)
Gáadeéncyok’ oon·táshojyekaad wehacóozh bijháalyin (LLSLSSSLSSLSLL)
</poem>
 
==Phrasebook==
*'' 'Áa'weh khéh'' = Welcome ("good place")
*''Mehonol'é?'' = Hello! (gloss: good place, 2SG-CONT-peaceful-INTERR lit. "Are you in peace?")
*''Khahonolíi.'' = reply to ''Mehonol'é?'' (gloss: 1SG-CONT-peaceful-TVF "Yes, I am in peace.")
*''Lihosdróy'' = I love you.
*''Nótr'ahgará be'saambój. Khooh 'ésjol be'saambojáyee'.'' = "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others."
 
==Sample Texts==
===UDHR===
:''Nórkhantóo...''
:all=human 3PL-GNOM-be-born 3SG.INAN-from GNOM-STAT-free, 3PL-STAT-PASS-honor=NOM=also and 3PL-GNOM-STAT/deserve=NOM 3INAN-GNOM-STAT/equal
:Literally: ''All people from being born are free; their dignity and rights are equal. They-can-TELIC-think=NOMZ and they-can-know-good=NOM, they can use it, they must thus move themselves in the face of each other as if they were brothers.''
 
===Serenity===
:Literally: ''May I be at peace with what I cannot change, boldly change what I can change, and by thinking wisely, tell the two situations apart.''
 
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