Why is the writing of Mayans difficult to interpret?
Mayan writing is difficult to interpret for a number of reasons. First, glyphs do not represent just sounds or ideas, they can represent both, making it difficult to know how each glyph or cartouche should be read. Second, many Maya glyphs can have more than one meaning, and many Maya concepts can be written in more than one way. Third, some glyphs represent more than one phonetic sound, while also representing an idea.
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