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==Society & Culture==
==Society & Culture==
The Melian Isles are inhabited both by [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Éorsan Coscivians]] who have settled on the islands since their annexation by the Kiravian Federacy, and by the native Melotes.


===Traditional Melote culture===
====Ancestry====
====Ancestry====
====Religion====
====Religion====
Before the arrival of Christianity, the predominant worldview on the islands was {{wp|Pythagoreanism}}.
====Language====
====Language====
 
The Melotic language is {{wp|Lemnian language|poorly classified and treated provisionally as an isolate}}, but has been influenced heavily by Koiné Istroyan, Romance languages, Histan, and latterly by Coscivian.


===General culture and demographics===
===General culture and demographics===


The main religions practised in the Melian Isles are Melo-Pythagoreanism (adhered to by XX% of the population), Christianity (adhered to by XY% of the population), and Islam (adhered to by XZ% of the population). The main Christian denominations are Levantine Catholic (mainly Coscivian-Rite), Reformed Orthodox, Independent Orthodox, and [Sectarian church]. There is also a thriving Bahá'í community, the oldest in the Kiravian Federacy and proportionally one of the largest.  
The people of the Melians are predominantly apostolic Christians, with some of the earliest known Christian congregations having been planted there by the Apostles.


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