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Front Matter

Mixtec Pictographic

Pictographic writing system of the Mixtec civilization in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Era
Ancient
Region
Americas
System
Pictographic
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Status
Extinct
Pictographic writing system of the Mixtec civilization in Oaxaca, Mexico. An important pre-Columbian American script tradition, it produced some of the world's most visually stunning manuscripts on deer hide and bark paper (amatl). The Codex Vindobonensis and similar codices recorded dynastic history, religious rites, and astronomical calendars.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
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Unicode Blocks
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
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Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로, 또는 지그재그 방향으로 표기.
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System
Pictographic
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Mixtec

Countries

Mexico