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by mikorym 2800 days ago
Afrikaans also uses the long system.

"miljoen" -> "miljard" -> "biljoen" -> "biljard" -> "triljoen"

^6 -> ^9 -> ^12 -> ^15 -> ^18

However, a lot of Afrikaans-speaking people use the de facto English convention. The newspapers usually get it right though, in contrast to this article.