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Mayan hieroglyphs

writing system of the Maya civilization
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Summary

Mayan hieroglyphs is a logosyllabary[1].

Key Facts

  • Creator: Maya civilization[2]
  • Instance of: natural writing system[3], unicase alphabet[4], logographic writing system[5], syllabary[6]
  • Has use: Mayan[7]
  • Language of work or name: Mayan[8]
  • Inception: 300 BC[9]
  • End time: 1600[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[11]
  • Script directionality: top-to-bottom[12]
  • Name: Mayan hieroglyphs[13], hiéroglyphes mayas[14], majevski hieroglifi[15]
  • Derivative work: Concept[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · ~2026-43433-27 · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) → 0233802, MAYA GLICOS
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme): MAYA GLICOS"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Concept
    Instance of → logosyllabary, natural writing system, unicase alphabet +2
    End time → +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name → Mayan
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558272805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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