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* A '''pseudo-duodecimal number system''', using base 10 for integers and decimals but base 12 for fractions.<sup>{Classical Latin, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals this article]</sup> | * A '''pseudo-duodecimal number system''', using base 10 for integers and decimals but base 12 for fractions.<sup>{Classical Latin, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals this article]</sup> | ||
* '''There's an equivalent of sentential adverbs''' (like "frankly/honestly, surprisingly/curiously, sadly, (un)fortunately, hopefully, bafflingly, thankfully, ideally...", particularly when used at the beginning of the sentence followed by a little pause), but the equivalent is not adverbial in nature: '''it is verbs in the future tense''' referring to the rest of the sentence. For example, literally “it'll be sad” > sadly, “it'll be unusual” -> curiously, “it'll be god-given” -> fortunately, “it'll be god-resentful” > hopefully. Some are fully grammaticalized, e.g. the verb “to be sad” isn't actually used anymore, except in its future form as a sentential adverb. | * '''There's an equivalent of sentential adverbs''' (like "frankly/honestly, surprisingly/curiously, sadly, (un)fortunately, hopefully, bafflingly, thankfully, ideally...", particularly when used at the beginning of the sentence followed by a little pause), but the equivalent is not adverbial in nature: '''it is verbs in the future tense''' referring to the rest of the sentence. For example, literally “it'll be sad” > sadly, “it'll be unusual” -> curiously, “it'll be god-given” -> fortunately, “it'll be god-resentful” > hopefully. Some are fully grammaticalized, e.g. the verb “to be sad” isn't actually used anymore, except in its future form as a sentential adverb. | ||
* '''It uses an auxiliary verb to form the imperative plural''', while using a bare form of the verb for the singular. | * '''It uses an auxiliary verb to form the imperative plural''', while using a bare form of the verb for the singular. | ||
* Practically '''every transitive verb can simply drop its direct object''' core argument and so become intransitive, if the direct object is obvious enough from context. Subjects can be dropped if they're obvious too.<sup>{Mandarin Chinese}</sup> | * Practically '''every transitive verb can simply drop its direct object''' core argument and so become intransitive, if the direct object is obvious enough from context. Subjects can be dropped if they're obvious too.<sup>{Mandarin Chinese}</sup> | ||
* '''It only has four basic colours: white, black, red-orange, green-blue.'''<sup>{(Post-)Classical Latin: ''albus, niger, ruber, viridis.'' Isidore (7th c.) describes the colour of the sea as sth between ''viridis'' and ''niger'', instead calling it ''caeruleus''}</sup> | * '''It only has four basic colours: white, black, red-orange, green-blue.'''<sup>{(Post-)Classical Latin: ''albus, niger, ruber, viridis.'' Isidore (7th c.) describes the colour of the sea as sth between ''viridis'' and ''niger'', instead calling it ''caeruleus''}</sup> | ||