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Colors are particularly significant to the Wistanian culture. As much of their economy revolves around fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and their great responsibility to protect the colorful ajmastones, it is imperative to be able to accurately describe color on a near-daily basis. As a result, Wistanian has a massive vocabulary list dedicated to colors, including unique color terms for "red-orange" and "dark yellow" and three distinct terms for "red". | |||
Colors in Wistanian are considered nouns, never as adjectives. Therefore, to express the color of an object, one would say, "S ''va'' C". | |||
'''jiya yau jazari va raul.''' | |||
ja -iya yau '''jazari va raul'''. | |||
like-STA 1S.NOM '''bean COP red'''. | |||
"I like red beans." (Lit. "I like beans that are red.") | |||
Likewise, to say "These beans are red", the same structure would be used. | |||
'''jazari id va raul.''' | |||
jazari id '''va''' raul. | |||
beans PROX '''COP''' red. | |||
"These beans are red." | |||
Or alternatively, and more commonly, one could express the color as the subject and use the locative copula, creating a form that means, literally "C is on S": | |||
'''raul ddal jazari id.''' | |||
raul '''ddal''' jazari id. | |||
red '''LOC''' beans PROX. | |||
"These beans are red." (Lit. "Red is on these beans") | |||
As for the color terms themselves, Wistanian has nearly thirty-two color terms, although some people groups may use more or less than those. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#cb0000; color:#ffffff;" | iraa | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#fe0000; color:#000000;" | raul<br> nidda<br> hagg<br> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#ffccc9; color:#000000;" | uma | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#852900; color:#ffffff;" | zuvil<br> jaaru | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#ff7000; color:#000000;" | aurin | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#9a0000; color:#ffffff;" | bayaari | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#f8a102; color:#000000;" | auwu | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#9d9901; color:#ffffff;" | zuwi | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#f8ff00; color:#000000;" | luz<br> aubra | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#c3ff00; color:#000000;" | laumiz | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#169200; color:#ffffff;" | aunya | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#26ff00; color:#000000;" | jan<br> bazu | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#a5fb96; color:#000000;" | minan | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#01a38e; color:#ffffff;" | gazida | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#00ffdd; color:#000000;" | ddi | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#001085; color:#ffffff;" | ayud | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#001eff; color:#000000;" | zaz<br> iyad | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#a7b2ff; color:#000000;" | ainau | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#ffffff;" | | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#ac00ff; color:#000000;" | ivau | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#dc95ff; color:#000000;" | maura | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#87025a; color:#ffffff;" | aana | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#ff00a9; color:#000000;" | liwa | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; color:#000000;" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | auzna | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#9b9b9b; color:#000000;" | au<br> garaji | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic; background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000;" | balan | |||
|} | |||
===Numbers=== | ===Numbers=== | ||