Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition: Difference between revisions
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The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlǣvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of Qualdomailor, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny- | The ''yaltan'' (officially known as Inquisitorial Yaltan, in Chlouvānem ''murkadhānāvīyi yaltan''; pl. ''yaltan''; abbrev. CHY or '''y''' — commonly also Chlouvānem Yaltan (''chlǣvānumi yaltan'')) is the currency of the Chlouvānem Inquisition, and also legal tender in the Republic of Fathan and in the Republic of Qualdomailor, and de facto currency in Soenyŏ-tave, Leny-þef, and other countries of the former Kaiṣamā. The name ultimately comes from Ancient Kūṣṛmāṭhi ''yalottan'', meaning "seashell". <br/> | ||
It is a non-convertible currency. | It is a non-convertible currency. | ||
The yaltan is divided in two units: the first division is called ''nalaškai'' (pl. ''nalaškāye''; abbr. '''n''') and the second is called ''kurunappum'' (pl. ''kurunappuvye''; abbr. '''k'''). As any other Chlouvānem measurement, the yaltan is not decimal but duodecimal: one yaltan equals to 8 | The yaltan is divided in two units: the first division is called ''nalaškai'' (pl. ''nalaškāye''; abbr. '''n''') and the second is called ''kurunappum'' (pl. ''kurunappuvye''; abbr. '''k'''). As any other Chlouvānem measurement, the yaltan is not decimal but duodecimal: one yaltan equals to 8 nalaškāye, and one nalaškai equals to 20 (24<sub>10</sub>) kurunappuvye; thus there are 140 (192<sub>10</sub>) kurunappuvye in one yaltan.<br/> | ||
The current yaltan (CHY) was formally introduced in 6378 (3836<sub>12</sub>) replacing the former Yaltan of the Union of the Purified States (YKAi; ''ekailai ṣarivāṇumi mālyāvi yaltan''), which was however already colloquially known as Chlouvānem Yaltan and, as 1 CHY equalled 1 YKAi and the old coins and banknotes kept being legal tender for a few years, this was not perceived as a real change in the Inquisition. | The current yaltan (CHY) was formally introduced in 6378 (3836<sub>12</sub>) replacing the former Yaltan of the Union of the Purified States (YKAi; ''ekailai ṣarivāṇumi mālyāvi yaltan''), which was however already colloquially known as Chlouvānem Yaltan and, as 1 CHY equalled 1 YKAi and the old coins and banknotes kept being legal tender for a few years, this was not perceived as a real change in the Inquisition. | ||