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*Use of the '''Iatic script''' or related scripts derived from the Ancient Adratic, including Iatic numerals, which reflect a {{wp|vigesimal}} system. | *Use of the '''Iatic script''' or related scripts derived from the Ancient Adratic, including Iatic numerals, which reflect a {{wp|vigesimal}} system. | ||
*Use of the Iatic or High Coscivian language as a transnational, transethnic {{wp|prestige language}} of scholarship, high literature, diplomacy, and law. | *Use of the Iatic or High Coscivian language as a transnational, transethnic {{wp|prestige language}} of scholarship, high literature, diplomacy, and law. | ||
*Use of {{wp|lunar calendar|lunar}} and {{wp|lunisolar calendar|lunisolar}} calendars derived from the Classical Iatic (the '''[[Calibrated Coscivian Calendar]]''' being the most widespread), and an eight-day week. | *Use of {{wp|lunar calendar|lunar}} and {{wp|lunisolar calendar|lunisolar}} calendars derived from the Classical Iatic (the '''[[Coscivian calendar|Calibrated Coscivian Calendar]]''' being the most widespread today), and traditionally an eight-day week, rounding out to an even 45 weeks in a non-intercalated lunar year. In contemporary times, the rhythms of rural life in many areas follow the eight-day week, while the Occidental seven-day week has replaced it in most other contexts. | ||
==Social Organisation== | ==Social Organisation== | ||