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Language and Dialect in the Maya Hieroglyphic Script
  • ISSN 1387-6732
  • E-ISSN: 1570-6001
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Abstract

The bilingualism recently discovered in the Maya codices by Robert Wald and Alfonso Lacadena has parallels in the Colonial Maya Books of Chilam Balam, which show both linguistic and scriptural bilingualism — involving, on the one hand, the Maya and Spanish languages, and on the other, the logosyllabic and alphabetic scripts of these two cultures. The article explores the continuities and discontinuities in these language contact phenomena with respect to vocabulary, morphology, syntax, spelling conventions, style, and text format.

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2000-01-01
2025-02-11
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  • Article Type: Research Article
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