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* All content words (nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs) are at least two syllables long.<sup>{Xhosa: it even adds a meaningless extra prefix to imperatives when the general rules say they should be only one syllable long}</sup> | * All content words (nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs) are at least two syllables long.<sup>{Xhosa: it even adds a meaningless extra prefix to imperatives when the general rules say they should be only one syllable long}</sup> | ||
* 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’ | * 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, it's mostly just the "core" adverbs that do it, place/manner/time/sentential adverbs generally don't do this. | * 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 decimal 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 decimal 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> | ||