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== Basic notation ==

== Basic notation ==

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Mandae has twelve digits, from 1 to 12. They are traditionally broken down into four groups: somes, sundial, olds and bigs. Somes are 1, 2 and 3 and "somes" means "a little bit", "numbers that indicate just some". The sundial group refers to the way the symbols incrementally add elements in order to indicate growth: a 4 is a square, a five adds a dot to the square, the 6 adds a line, the 7 adds two and, finally, an 8 is a square within a square, which is a way of displaying two 4s. The olds are united by a similar incremental symbol, which takes the basic element of 2 and adds a dot and then two dots. Finally, the bigs are simply the two largest digits, 11 and 12.

Mandae has twelve digits, from 1 to 12. They are traditionally broken down into four groups: somes, sundial, olds and bigs. Somes are 1, 2 and 3 and "somes" means "a little bit", "numbers that indicate just some". The sundial group refers to the way the symbols incrementally add elements in order to indicate growth: a 4 is a square, a five adds a dot to the square, the 6 adds a line, the 7 adds two and, finally, an 8 is a square within a square, which is a way of displaying two 4s. The olds are united by a similar incremental symbol, which takes the basic element of 2 and adds a dot and then two dots. Finally, the bigs are simply the two largest digits, 11 and 12.

== Cultural influence ==

== Cultural influence ==

The influence of the Mandae numeral system is ubiquitous. The Sacred Game of Roads of [[Xaewoon]] takes its influence from somes, treating them as an incremental path. It also explains why the number 5 is treated as sacred by the Xaewoon believers, since this is the amount of times the road in the Sacred Game of Roads turns, continuing the logic of the Mandae symbols by adding two more turns.

The influence of the Mandae numeral system is ubiquitous. The Sacred Game of Roads of [[Xaewoon]] takes its influence from somes - 1, 2, 3 - treating them as an incremental path. It also explains why the number 5 is treated as sacred by the Xaewoon believers, since this is the amount of times the road in the Sacred Game of Roads turns, continuing the logic of the Mandae symbols by adding two more turns.

 

 

The significance of the dozenal numeral system is also reflected in the fact that across most cultures on the Continent 12 is considered to be the age of ascension.