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Are Mayan languages related to Spanish?
No, Mayan languages and Spanish have nothing in common. Although American Spanish does have some loan words from Mayan and vice versa.
What is a glyphic writing?
Mayan writing
Who destroyed many of the Mayan books called codices?
The Mayan codices were destroyed by the Spanish.
How does Mayan writing differ from the alphabet?
In the Mayan writing system each symbol represents words and pictures, where as our writing system just shows words.
How did malince know spanish she is a mayan girl?
Malince knew Spanish by practicing speaking it although she is a Mayan girl.
What year was the Mayan civilization destroyed?
The Mayan capital was destroyed about 1441
What are Mayan hieroglyphs?
Mayan script was initially called "hieroglyphics" by 18th Century Europeans, because of it's similarity to Egyptian writing, and the system is similar to Egyptian writing, but term "hieroglyphics" is usually reserved for Egyptian writing. Mayan script is more often called "Mayan glyphs."
Who colonised the Mayan region?
The Spanish.
What did the Spanish think and do to the Mayan writing system and Mayan books?
The Spanish were catholic and thought the Mayans were savages and less than human. So they thought that the books that the Mayans kept about their history and their religion (called codices) were savage also. When the Spanish started invading around the 16th century, many of them were destroyed. Only four of these sacred books remain today. The system of writing was retained by some Mayans who converted to Catholicism and taught others in secret. The writing remained on giant stone slabs called stelae, which were similar to codices.
Describe mayan writing and why it gave scholars a hard time to decipher?
Mayan writing was written with its own language, a dead language which makes it hard to detect.
What is the Mayan peoples writing system called?
hyrogliphics
Why did the Mayan leave their place?
The Mayans were overrun by the Spanish.
