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Aztec script
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| Aztec | |
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| Script type | Pictographic and logosyllabic
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| Creator | The Nahua peoples |
Time period | Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century |
| Direction | Anywhere |
| Languages | Nahuatl |
| Related scripts | |
Sister systems | Mixtec |
The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a pre-Columbian writing system that combines ideographic writing with Nahuatl specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs[1] which was used in central Mexico by the Nahua people in the Epiclassic and Post-classic periods.[2] It was originally thought that its use was reserved for elites, however, the topographical codices and early colonial catechisms, recently deciphered, were used by tlacuilos (scribes),[3] macehuallis (peasants), and pochtecas (merchants).[4]
- ^ Lacadena, Alfonso. "Regional Scribal Traditions: Methodological Implications for the Decipherment of Nahuatl Writing" (PDF).
- ^ Escamilla, Marlon V.; Fowler, William R. "Paisajes rituales nahua-pipiles del postclásico en la Costa del Bálsamo, El Salvador". Entorno (in Spanish) (53): 67–75.
- ^ Corral, Aurelio López (2011). "Los glifos de suelo en códices acolhua de la Colonia temprana: un reanálisis de su significado". Desacatos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales (in Spanish) (37): 145–162. doi:10.29340/37.293. ISSN 2448-5144.
- ^ "Tribute Roll". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
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