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====Other short scale==== {{block indent|''10<sup>6</sup>, one million; 10<sup>9</sup>, one milliard or one billion; 10<sup>12</sup>, one trillion; etc.''}} Other countries also use a word similar to ''trillion'' to mean 10<sup>12</sup>, etc. Whilst a few of these countries like English use a word similar to ''billion'' to mean 10<sup>9</sup>, most like Arabic have kept a traditionally long scale word similar to ''milliard'' for 10<sup>9</sup>. Some examples of short scale use, and the words used for 10<sup>9</sup> and 10<sup>12</sup>, are {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * {{BRA}} ([[Brazilian Portuguese]]: {{lang|pt|[[:pt:bilhão|bilhão]]}}, {{lang|pt|[[:pt:trilhão|trilhão]]}}) * {{INA}} ({{lang|id|[[:id:Miliar|miliar]]}}, {{lang|id|[[:id:Triliun|triliun]]}}){{#tag:ref|'''Indonesian usage''': Large numbers are common in Indonesia, in part because its currency ([[Indonesian rupiah|rupiah]]) is generally expressed in large numbers (the lowest common circulating denomination is Rp100 with Rp1000 is considered as base unit). The term {{lang|id|juta}}, equivalent to ''million'' (10<sup>6</sup>), is generally common in daily life. Indonesia officially employs the term {{lang|id|miliar}} (derived from the long scale Dutch word {{lang|nl|miljard}}) for the number 10<sup>9</sup>, with no exception. For 10<sup>12</sup> and greater, Indonesia follows the short scale, thus 10<sup>12</sup> is named {{lang|id|triliun}}. The term {{lang|id|seribu miliar}} (a thousand milliards) or more rarely {{lang|id|sejuta juta}} (a million millions) or {{lang|id|sejuta berkali-kali}} (a millions after a million or a millions over a million) are also used for 10<sup>12</sup> less often. Terms greater than {{lang|id|triliun}} are not very familiar to Indonesians.<ref name="indonesia">Robson S. O. (Stuart O.), Singgih Wibisono, Yacinta Kurniasih. ''Javanese English dictionary'' Tuttle Publishing: 2002, {{ISBN|0-7946-0000-X}}, 821 pages</ref>|group="shortscale note"}}<ref name="indonesia" /> * {{ISR}} ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{lang|he|[[:he:מיליארד|מיליארד]]}} {{lang|he-Latn|milyard}}, {{lang|he|[[:he:טריליון|טריליון]]}} {{lang|he-Latn|trilyon}}) * {{RUS}} ({{lang|ru|[[:ru:Миллиард|миллиард]]}} {{lang|ru-Latn|milliard}}, {{lang|ru|[[:ru:Триллион|триллион]]}} {{lang|ru-Latn|trillion}}) * {{TUR}} ({{lang|tr|[[:tr:milyar|milyar]]}}, {{lang|tr|[[:tr:trilyon|trilyon]]}}) {{div col end}}
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