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There exists a somewhat esoteric debate among Dark Philologists as to whether High Coscivian developed from a spoken natural language or was constructed ''ab initio'' as a ritual language. The use of contrived languages for ceremonial and religious purposes was not uncommon among ancient Kiravian peoples, and continues today in some [[Urom]] tribes. | There exists a somewhat esoteric debate among Dark Philologists as to whether High Coscivian developed from a spoken natural language or was constructed ''ab initio'' as a ritual language. The use of contrived languages for ceremonial and religious purposes was not uncommon among ancient Kiravian peoples, and continues today in some [[Urom]] tribes. | ||
Phases:<br> | |||
Old High Coscivian - From earliest times to [whatever marks classical era]<br> | |||
Classical Coscivian - Yes<br> | |||
Imperial Coscivian - From the Xth Empire until the Kilikas Enlightenment. Subdivided into Living Imperial (until the spoken correlate of High Coscivian presumably died out) and Zombie Imperial (purely literary phase thereafter).<br> | |||
Modern High Coscivian - Since Kilikas Enlightenment.<br> | |||
===Written Registers=== | ===Written Registers=== | ||