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Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra. | Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra. | ||
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===Mathematics=== | ===Mathematics=== | ||
Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals. | Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals. | ||
===Sociopolitical structure of this world=== | ===Sociopolitical structure of this world=== | ||
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===Languages of this world that are not in our world=== | ===Languages of this world that are not in our world=== | ||
===Zwischensprache (debatable)=== | ====Zwischensprache (debatable)==== | ||
Called variously ''Interlangue'', ''Tussentaal'', ''the Betweenspeak'', and ''Zwischensprache'' (the name used in this article), it originally was formed as a pidgin language in the 19th to 20th centuries due to frequent contact of people of France, Holland, and the United Kingdom. It has several names due to there not being a standardized grammar or lexicon for the language yet, however, there were a few attempts to do so. It has also been theorized that this forms a dialect continuum with the French and Dutch dialects forming the ends thereof, with the British dialect somewhat in the middle. | Called variously ''Interlangue'', ''Tussentaal'', ''the Betweenspeak'', and ''Zwischensprache'' (the name used in this article), it originally was formed as a pidgin language in the 19th to 20th centuries due to frequent contact of people of France, Holland, and the United Kingdom. It has several names due to there not being a standardized grammar or lexicon for the language yet, however, there were a few attempts to do so. It has also been theorized that this forms a dialect continuum with the French and Dutch dialects forming the ends thereof, with the British dialect somewhat in the middle. | ||
===Cajun=== | ====Cajun==== | ||
Cajun (formerly Louisiana French) diverged far enough from French that it can be considered a separate language. It is mainly spoken in Louisiana with other Cajun-speaking communities in South America. | Cajun (formerly Louisiana French) diverged far enough from French that it can be considered a separate language. It is mainly spoken in Louisiana with other Cajun-speaking communities in South America. | ||
===Scots=== | ====Scots==== | ||
Unlike in Earth#12, Scots has a standardized orthography and is a recognized official language of Scotland, and the Scottish community in Earth#10. | Unlike in Earth#12, Scots has a standardized orthography and is a recognized official language of Scotland, and the Scottish community in Earth#10. | ||
===Lenka Kutu=== | ====Lenka Kutu==== | ||
This is the equivalent of Toki Pona in this universe. It has exactly 256 words, equally distributed between Germanic, Romance, Austronesian, and Sino-Tibetan, with some words from other language families. It is also the official language of the New Pythagorean movement since its adoption in 2011. | This is the equivalent of Toki Pona in this universe. It has exactly 256 words, equally distributed between Germanic, Romance, Austronesian, and Sino-Tibetan, with some words from other language families. It is also the official language of the New Pythagorean movement since its adoption in 2011. | ||