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	~~Fractions are expressed using the formula, ''X=yar Y min yešpa (han)'', as in ''Šentezyār duxt min yešpa hakman'' for 3/20 (lit. "From twenty, three have come).~~

	A limited set of fractional numbers, divided into a numeric category and a verbal category, exists:		A limited set of fractional numbers, divided into a numeric category and a verbal category, exists. Fractions are expressed using the formula, ''X min yešpa=yar Y (han)'', as in ''Šentaz min yešpayār duxt hakman'' for 3/20 (lit. From twenty portions, three have come). Mathematical operations becomes tricky with fractions; adding 3/20 + 2/20 = 5/20 translates to ''Šentaz min yešpayār duxt hakman, šentaz min yešpayār šāni hakman, wahēk, matti šentaz min yešpayār meneħ hakman'', or "From twenty portions, three have come, from twenty.portions, two have come; now behold, there are from twenty portions that five have arrived."