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Fractionary numerals are always used in the noun.GEN numeral construction, and they are invariable in direct, vocative, accusative, and ergative case but decline with ''-vaḍa'' in all of the others (in fact, etymologically they derive from worn down forms of ordinal + ''vaḍa'', meaning Xth part, e.g. ''hælinaikah vaḍa'' (the second part) → ''hælinaivāṭ''). Unlike ordinals, the noun is always in the genitive case. Examples: ''marti hælinaivāṭ'' "half of the city" ; ''alāvi nęltendvāṭ'' "one fourth of the bottle" ; ''bhæli tulūʔendvaḍe'' "in one sixth of the country".

===Units of Measurement===

Chlouvānem units of measurement (''lęlgīs'', pl. ''lęlgīye'') are divided in popular units (''leilausī lęlgīye'') and scientific units (''tarlausī lęlgīye''). Scientific units, while understood, are rarely found outside of scientific contexts if corresponding popular units exist, while popular units are found in daily usage. Popular units follow however a measurement standard introduced in 3E 566 (79810) and updated several times in the following two centuries, in order to give a single understood measure for all units whose names and definitions varied across the many countries of the Chlouvānem cultural space. It is also to be noted that Calemerian scientific units have internationally unified definitions for their base units but are substantially different between the Western and the Eastern world as Western countries use them with a decimal system, while the Eastern countries (the Inquisition, most of the former Kaiṣamā, and Greater Skyrdagor) use them with a duodecimal system.

====Length====

Units in ''italics'' are popular divisions used in speech and not usually written. The ''nīnas'' has its own abbreviation but it is nowadays rarely used.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Short !! Name !! Meaning/name origin !! Equivalent to !! Metric system (approx.)

|-

! thi

| thiḍa || Point, tip || 1/12 liv || ~1.20255 mm

|-

! liv

| livuka || Short (dialectal) || ⅙ de || ~1.44305 cm

|-

! de

| dera || Finger (in A.Kūṣṛmāṭhi) || ⅓ vā || ~8.65833 cm

|-

! vā

| vāriṇa || Span || ¼ pā || 25.975 cm

|-

! nī

| nīnas || Knee || ½ pā || 51.95 cm

|-

! pā

| '''pājya''' || Leg || ''(base unit)'' || 103.9 cm

|-

! bru

| brujñya || Fathom || 2+½ pā || 2.5975 m

|-

!

| brujñi nęltendvāṭ || Quarter of ''vyaṣojrā'' || ¼ vya — 90 (10810) bru || 280.53 m

|-

!

| brujñi pāmvendvāṭ || Third of ''vyaṣojrā'' || ⅓ vya — 100 (14410) bru || 374.04 m

|-

!

| brujñi hælinaivāṭ || Half ''vyaṣojrā'' || ½ vya — 160 (21610) bru || 561.06 m

|-

! vya

| vyaṣojrā || Plough || 300 (43210) bru || 1122.12 m — 1.11212 km

|-

! gar

| garaṇa || Hour || 6+⅓ vya || 7106.76 m — 7.10676 km

|}

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 Fractionary numerals are always used in the noun.<small>GEN</small> numeral construction, and they are invariable in direct, vocative, accusative, and ergative case but decline with ''-vaḍa'' in all of the others (in fact, etymologically they derive from worn down forms of ordinal + ''vaḍa'', meaning Xth part, e.g. ''hælinaikah vaḍa'' (the second part) → ''hælinaivāṭ''). Unlike ordinals, the noun is always in the genitive case. Examples: ''marti hælinaivāṭ'' "half of the city" ; ''alāvi nęltendvāṭ'' "one fourth of the bottle" ; ''bhæli tulūʔendvaḍe'' "in one sixth of the country".
+===Units of Measurement===
+Chlouvānem units of measurement (''lęlgīs'', pl. ''lęlgīye'') are divided in popular units (''leilausī lęlgīye'') and scientific units (''tarlausī lęlgīye''). Scientific units, while understood, are rarely found outside of scientific contexts if corresponding popular units exist, while popular units are found in daily usage. Popular units follow however a measurement standard introduced in 3E 566 <small>(798<sub>10</sub>)</small> and updated several times in the following two centuries, in order to give a single understood measure for all units whose names and definitions varied across the many countries of the Chlouvānem cultural space.<br/>It is also to be noted that Calemerian scientific units have internationally unified definitions for their base units but are substantially different between the Western and the Eastern world as Western countries use them with a decimal system, while the Eastern countries (the Inquisition, most of the former Kaiṣamā, and Greater Skyrdagor) use them with a duodecimal system.
+====Length====
+Units in ''italics'' are popular divisions used in speech and not usually written. The ''nīnas'' has its own abbreviation but it is nowadays rarely used.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Short !! Name !! Meaning/name origin !! Equivalent to !! Metric system (approx.)
+|-
+! thi
+| thiḍa || <small>Point, tip</small> || 1/12 liv || ~1.20255 mm
+|-
+! liv
+| livuka || <small>Short (dialectal)</small> || ⅙ de || ~1.44305 cm
+|-
+! de
+| dera || <small>Finger (in A.Kūṣṛmāṭhi)</small> || ⅓ vā || ~8.65833 cm
+|-
+! vā
+| vāriṇa || <small>Span</small> || ¼ pā || 25.975 cm
+|-
+! <small>nī</small>
+| <small>nīnas</small> || <small>Knee</small> || <small>½ pā</small> || 51.95 cm
+|-
+! pā
+| '''pājya''' || <small>Leg</small> || ''(base unit)'' || 103.9 cm
+|-
+! bru
+| brujñya || <small>Fathom</small> || 2+½ pā || 2.5975 m
+|-
+!
+| <small>brujñi nęltendvāṭ</small> || <small>Quarter of ''vyaṣojrā''</small> || <small>¼ vya — 90 (108<sub>10</sub>) bru</small> || 280.53 m
+|-
+!
+| <small>brujñi pāmvendvāṭ</small> || <small>Third of ''vyaṣojrā''</small> || <small>⅓ vya — 100 (144<sub>10</sub>) bru</small> || 374.04 m
+|-
+!
+| <small>brujñi hælinaivāṭ</small> || <small>Half ''vyaṣojrā''</small> || <small>½ vya — 160 (216<sub>10</sub>) bru</small> || 561.06 m
+|-
+! vya
+| vyaṣojrā || <small>Plough</small> || 300 <small>(432<sub>10</sub>)</small> bru || 1122.12 m — 1.11212 km
+|-
+! gar
+| garaṇa || <small>Hour</small> || 6+⅓ vya || 7106.76 m — 7.10676 km
+|}
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