Mixed ideographic/phonetic writing system for Nahuatl
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Aztec
Script type
Pictographic and logosyllabic
Time period
Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century
Languages
Nahuatl
Related scripts
Sister systems
Mixtec
Unicode
Unicode range
U+15C00 to U+15FFF (tentative)[1]
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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.
^Lacadena, Alfonso. "Regional Scribal Traditions: Methodological Implications for the Decipherment of Nahuatl Writing" (PDF).
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