Aztec script
Appearance
Aztec | |
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Script type | Pictographic
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Period | Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century. |
Languages | Nahuatl |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Mixtec
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Aztec or Nahuatl writing is a pictographic pre-Columbian writing system used in central Mexico by the Nahua peoples.
References
- Lawrence Lo. "Aztec". Ancient Scripts.
- Nicholson, H. B. (1974). "Phoneticism in the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Writing System". In E. P. Bensen (ed.). Mesoamerica Writing Systems. pp. 1–46.
- Prem, Hanns J. (1992). "Aztec Writing". Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Epigraphy. Austin: University of Texas Press.
- Thouvenot, Marc (2002). "Nahuatl Script". In Anne-Marie Christin (ed.). A History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia. Flammarion.