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* It has quite a number of '''affixes''' that derive verbs from verbs '''based on body parts'''. For example: arms-do means “to do sth with one's arms, to do sth with effort’, finger-do means “to do something carefully”, back-do means “to do sth with one's back, to do sth under pressure”, etc. | * It has quite a number of '''affixes''' that derive verbs from verbs '''based on body parts'''. For example: arms-do means “to do sth with one's arms, to do sth with effort’, finger-do means “to do something carefully”, back-do means “to do sth with one's back, to do sth under pressure”, etc. | ||
* It has '''affixes meaning "man/woman/boy/girl with X trait"'''.<sup>{Japanese has a suffix meaning "girl with X trait": 眼鏡っ娘 ''meganekko'' ‘girl with glasses’, derived from 眼鏡 ''megane'' ‘glasses’)}</sup> | * It has '''affixes meaning "man/woman/boy/girl with X trait"'''.<sup>{Japanese has a suffix meaning "girl with X trait": 眼鏡っ娘 ''meganekko'' ‘girl with glasses’, derived from 眼鏡 ''megane'' ‘glasses’)}</sup> | ||
* '''A few of its adverbs agree in gender with the subject or an object''' (in a similar way as in Levike's conlang above). Some of said adverbs are the Alaia equivalents of "well, badly, totally/completely, all, somewhat, not at all, also, even, not even, only". As the reader can tell from this list, | * '''A few of its adverbs agree in gender with the subject or an object''' (in a similar way as in Levike's conlang above). Some of said adverbs are the Alaia equivalents of "well, badly, totally/completely, all, somewhat, not at all, also, even, not even, only". As the reader can tell from this list, it's mostly just the "core" adverbs that do it, place/manner/time/sentential adverbs generally don't do this. | ||
* 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. | ||