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Aztec script

The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a pre-Columbian writing system that combines ideographic writing with Nahuatl specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs which was used in central Mexico by the Nahua people in the Epiclassic and Postclassic periods. It was originally thought that its use was reserved for elites; however, the topographical codices and…

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Creator
The Nahua peoples
Direction
Top-to bottom, left-to right
Languages
Nahuatl
Period
Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century
Script type
Pictographic and logosyllabic
Sister systems
Mixtec

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Aztec script

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples29
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
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Aztec script

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related to Structure and use · 13
Aztec script → Although Western, An Aztec, Aztec, However, In, It, Logosyllabic, Nuttall, The, There, Thus, Tizoc Stone, While
related to Disappearance · 9
Aztec script → Aztec, Juan, Old Library, Spanish, Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, The, The Old Library, Zumárraga
Creator · 1
Aztec script → The Nahua peoples
Direction · 1
Aztec script → Top-to bottom, left-to right
Languages · 1
Aztec script → Nahuatl
Period · 1
Aztec script → Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century
Script type · 1
Aztec script → Pictographic and logosyllabic
Sister systems · 1
Aztec script → Mixtec
Unicode range · 1
Aztec script → Not in Unicode

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aztec writing script phonetic used system ideographic syllabic nahuatl painted signs ipa also use logograms see direction systems events indicated

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Aztec scriptCreatorThe Nahua peoples1.00infobox
Aztec scriptDirectionTop-to bottom, left-to right1.00infobox
Aztec scriptLanguagesNahuatl1.00infobox
Aztec scriptPeriodMost extant manuscripts from the 16th century1.00infobox
Aztec scriptScript typePictographic and logosyllabic1.00infobox
Aztec scriptSister systemsMixtec1.00infobox
Aztec scriptUnicode rangeNot in Unicode1.00infobox
Aztec scriptrelated to DisappearanceAztec0.60section
Aztec scriptrelated to DisappearanceSpanish0.60section
Aztec scriptrelated to DisappearanceThe0.60section
Aztec scriptrelated to DisappearanceThe Old Library0.60section
Aztec scriptrelated to DisappearanceTexcoco0.60section

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