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Notes on how to talk about dates, times, and timekeeping in Toaq.

Dates

The "spoken word" way of referring to dates is something like 󱛃󱛊󱚲󱛆󱚴󱛎󱚹󱛀󱚹󱚿󱚺󱛂 󱚳󱛃 󱚵󱛊󱚴󱛎󱚹󱚾󱚲󱛍󱚴 (gúheıshıchaq po néıjue) "the 21rd day of (the) September".

To specify the year you can add po nị́aqgukoamgujo "of the year 2024", which can be written 󱚵󱛊󱚹󱛍󱚺󱛂󱛒2024 (nị́aq2024). As in Chinese, years are simply read digit-by-digit, without bıq fue heı.

To say this more "mechanically" there's 󱚾󱛊󱚹󱛂󱛒󱚿󱚺󱛂 21 9 2024 (jị́qchaq 21 9 2024), where the numbers should be pronounced digit-by-digit as jị́qchaq gushı neı gukoamgujo.

When writing a date numerically, the preferred format is 2024-09-21. Such a date can be "read out" (reading backwards!) using jị́qchaq.

Alternative month names

There is a "colorful" set of alliterative month names that may be used instead of the numeric names:

Alternative month names
Month	Name
January	󱚿󱚹󱛍󱛃󱚿󱚲 (chıochu)
February	󱚼󱚲󱛂󱚼󱚲󱛍󱛃󱛂 (luqluoq)
March	󱚹󱚻󱚲󱛍󱚴󱛅󱚹󱚺󱚹󱛍󱚴 (ırue'ısıe)
April	󱛃󱚴󱛍󱚺󱛃󱛃󱚱 (geagom)
May	󱚺󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛂󱚺󱛃󱛂 (suaqsoq)
June	󱚵󱚲󱛍󱛃󱛂󱚵󱚴󱛍󱚺 (nuoqnea)
July	󱚽󱚺󱚻󱚲󱚽󱚲󱛍󱛃 (nharunhuo)
August	󱛀󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛂󱛀󱛃󱛍󱚺 (shuaqshoa)
September	󱚻󱚴󱛍󱛃󱚻󱚲󱛂 (reoruq)
October	󱚴󱚴󱛍󱚺󱚴󱚺󱛎󱛃 (feafao)
November	󱛆󱛃󱛍󱚴󱛆󱚹󱛍󱚲 (hoehıu)
December	󱚹󱚲󱛍󱚺󱛎󱛃󱚹󱛃󱛍󱚺 (cuaocoa)

Time

Toaqgua uses 24-hour time. A time like "2:45 p.m." can be referred to as dạ́qhora 14 45.

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+Notes on how to talk about dates, times, and timekeeping in Toaq.
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+== Dates ==
+The "spoken word" way of referring to dates is something like {{d|gúheıshıchaq po néıjue}} "the 21rd day of (the) September".
-Temporal subdivisions:
+To specify the year you can add {{t|po nị́aqgukoamgujo}} "of the year 2024", which can be written {{d|nị́aq2024}}. As in Chinese, years are simply read digit-by-digit, without {{t|bıq fue heı}}.
-; {{t|2022nıaq}} ({{t|gubıqguheıgunıaq}}): {{x}} is year 2022.
-; {{t|5jue}} ({{t|fejue}}): {{x}} is the fifth month of {{x}}.
-For weekdays, use the preestablished colors-of-the-rainbow compounds such as {{t|kıachaq}}.
-Time as units:
+To say this more "mechanically" there's {{d|jị́qchaq 21 9 2024}}, where the numbers should be pronounced digit-by-digit as {{t|jị́qchaq gushı neı gukoamgujo}}.
-; {{t|cı mỉnu}}: {{x}} is six minutes.
-; {{t|mınucı}}: {{x}} is six minutes.
+When writing a date numerically, the preferred format is {{t|2024-09-21}}. Such a date can be "read out" (reading backwards!) using {{t|jị́qchaq}}.
-(whence ({{t|dùo cí mỉnu}} for ''for six minutes'', etc.)
+=== Alternative month names ===
+There is a "colorful" set of alliterative month names that may be used instead of the numeric names:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Alternative month names
+|-
+! Month !! Name
+|-
+| January || {{d|chıochu}}
+|-
+| February || {{d|luqluoq}}
+|-
+| March || {{d|ırue'ısıe}}
+|-
+| April || {{d|geagom}}
+|-
+| May || {{d|suaqsoq}}
+|-
+| June || {{d|nuoqnea}}
+|-
+| July || {{d|nharunhuo}}
+|-
+| August || {{d|shuaqshoa}}
+|-
+| September || {{d|reoruq}}
+|-
+| October || {{d|feafao}}
+|-
+| November || {{d|hoehıu}}
+|-
+| December || {{d|cuaocoa}}
+|}
+== Time ==
+Toaqgua uses 24-hour time. A time like "2:45 p.m." can be referred to as {{t|dạ́qhora 14 45}}.