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Mandae has twelve digits, from 1 to 12. They are traditionally broken down into four groups: somes, sundial, olds and bigs. Somes are 1, 2 and 3 and "somes" means "a little bit", "numbers that indicate just some". The sundial group refers to the way the symbols incrementally add elements in order to indicate growth: a 4 is a square, a five adds a dot to the square, the 6 adds a line, the 7 adds two and, finally, an 8 is a square within a square, which is a way of displaying two 4s. The olds are united by a similar incremental symbol, which takes the basic element of 2 and adds a dot and then two dots. Finally, the bigs are simply the two largest digits, 11 and 12.

Mandae has twelve digits, from 1 to 12. They are traditionally broken down into four groups: somes, sundial, olds and bigs. Somes are 1, 2 and 3 and "somes" means "a little bit", "numbers that indicate just some". The sundial group refers to the way the symbols incrementally add elements in order to indicate growth: a 4 is a square, a five adds a dot to the square, the 6 adds a line, the 7 adds two and, finally, an 8 is a square within a square, which is a way of displaying two 4s. The olds are united by a similar incremental symbol, which takes the basic element of 2 and adds a dot and then two dots. Finally, the bigs are simply the two largest digits, 11 and 12.

The general incremental nature of the symbols can actually be observed in digits 1 through 8: 1 is a line, 2 is essentially two connected lines, 3 is three and four is a square, made up of 4 lines. Then elements are incrementally added up to 8.

The general incremental nature of the symbols can actually be observed in digits 1 through 8: 1 is a line, 2 is essentially two connected lines, 3 is three and four is a square, made up of 4 lines. Then elements are incrementally added up to 8.