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| ====== Mandae ====== | ====== Mandae ====== | ||
| - | Mandae /mʌn'daɪ/ is a dead language that is widely used on the [[Continent]] as a language for legal purposes. The [[Mandae numeral system]] is used in conjunction with the Mandae language in contracts, and has also been the mainstream numeral system for over 20 centuries. | + | Mandae /mʌn'daɪ/ is a dead language that is widely used on the [[Continent]] as a language for legal purposes. The [[Mandae numeral system]] is used in conjunction with the Mandae language in contracts, and has also been the mainstream numeral system for over 10 centuries. |
| ===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
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| In the second revolution Mandae becomes a language of royal affairs. Diplomats and rulers would use it to discuss matters of politics even in front of their servants, since the language had not been taught to the common people. | In the second revolution Mandae becomes a language of royal affairs. Diplomats and rulers would use it to discuss matters of politics even in front of their servants, since the language had not been taught to the common people. | ||
| + | But when Western Dantria promotes the language in the east, it is quickly adopted in the east and becomes an international language for legal affairs by the end of the second revolution. | ||
| ===== Significant features ===== | ===== Significant features ===== | ||
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| Evidentiality the indication of the nature of evidence for a given statement. An evidential is the particular grammatical element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality. Mandae has many evidentials, usually employing completely different words to convey both the level of confidence and the level of evidence. | Evidentiality the indication of the nature of evidence for a given statement. An evidential is the particular grammatical element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality. Mandae has many evidentials, usually employing completely different words to convey both the level of confidence and the level of evidence. | ||
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| + | ==== Clusivity ==== | ||
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| + | Clusivity is a grammatical distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person pronouns and verbal morphology, also called inclusive "we" and exclusive "we". Mandae has both first-person and second-person clusivity. | ||
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