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The Incas never developed any kind of writing system for their language (Quechua) - certainly nothing that could be called hieroglyphs.

Their only means of keeping records was by means of coloured cords of different length tied together and knotted at specific places to record numeric values indicating numbers of animals, quantities of produce and similar items. These knotted chords were known as quipu - around 200 examples survive today, but in most cases their meaning is lost.

Some people have suggested that the animal and human figures woven into Inca textiles suggest a kind of writing, but there is no clear evidence for this.

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