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The language uses the short scale for numbers, like English: Million(1.000.000), Billion(1.000.000.000), Trillion(1.000.000.000.000), instead of the long scale: Million(1.000.000), Milliard(1.000.000.000), Billion (1.000.000.000.000), and more. Numbers are simple and after 10, they are only compounds. | The language uses the short scale for numbers, like English: Million(1.000.000), Billion(1.000.000.000), Trillion(1.000.000.000.000), instead of the long scale: Million(1.000.000), Milliard(1.000.000.000), Billion (1.000.000.000.000), and more. Numbers are simple and after 10, they are only compounds. | ||
Vethari is known for having lots of words for different colors, not shades, but referring to them as a different color, the same way as pink and red, and some languages dark blue vs. light blue. They are mainly variations of lighter versions and darker versions, as well as a 'normal' one to be the default, like Green(Vilo), Light Green(Visyil) and Dark Green(Vamu). There are also words for the transparent variation of them, but only 2 colors, Blue(Noki/Noku) and Red(Esami/Esamu). | |||
Kinship terms on Vethari are pretty complex. Terms change completely when the person is biologically female/masculine, since there are no genders in the language. Exclusive names go for at maximum every person related to you in 3 generations, including your spouse/husband, so those names changes if they are from your partner’s family. After that, people related but distant are called 'prakhninau'. There are names for lots of people, for example: My mother’s-in-law mom is Gurunisyinumi. For people starting with 'step-', the suffix 'egu(l)-' is put. People starting with 'grand-', after the grand-grand-grand-???, is 'fyu(l)-'. | |||
=== Idiomatic Phrases === | === Idiomatic Phrases === | ||