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HIEROGLYPHIC SCRIPT [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A pictographic script particularly that of the ancient Egyptians in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

CONT

Of the 800 signs catalogued in Maya hieroglyphic script, between 200 and 300 were probably in use at any one time, and 150 of the 800 are known to stand for the sounds of syllables or shorter phonetic sounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Type d'écriture pharaonique dans laquelle chaque signe est dessiné ou gravé, souvent dans le plus grand détail : c'est l'écriture monumentale typique, que l'on peut voir dans les temples comme sur les obélisques, statues et stèles.

Spanish

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