0. Ba alkɔ̀liko ɛ ca bevanda kon abbastanza etanɔlo sta.
0. An alcoholic beverage is a beverage containing a significant quantity of alcohol.
1. Ba alkɔ̀liko pʋɔ ɛ̀ssere la cervɔᵹa, la birra, la vino o la akkʋavite.
1. An alcoholic beverage may be a cervoise, a beer, a wine or a spirit.
1b. Ba alkɔ̀liko kon ra gradazzjone tra 1% e 4% ɛ la cervɔᵹa.
1b. An alcoholic beverage with an ABV between 0.7% and 2.8% is a cervoise.
1d. Ba alkɔ̀liko kon ra gradazzjone tra 4% e 10% ɛ la birra.
1d. An alcoholic beverage with an ABV between 2.8% and 8.3% is a beer.
1g. Ba alkɔ̀liko kon ra gradazzjone tra 10% e 28% ɛ un vino.
1g. An alcoholic beverage with an ABV between 8.3% and 22.2% is a wine.
1v. Ba alkɔ̀liko kon ra gradazzjone superjore a 28% ɛ la akkʋavite.
1v. An alcoholic beverage with an ABV higher than 22.2% is a spirit.
Cultural assumptions
B. Alcoholic beverages are prestige markers for celebrating life: you can taste them in any moment, but you can start drinking them in public in normal quantities and without supervision only after key moments of your life (menarche for cervoise, sex for beer, childbirth for wine, menopause for spirits).
D. Alcoholism and teetotalism are Foreign things: if you are a healthy adult you are supposed to drink alcoholic beverages in a moderate way, without being altered significantly (BAC below 0.02%, 0.2 g/l) and not on a daily basis.
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