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Chapter V. HITTITES AND THEIR SCRIPTS
Hittites. The peoples: their languages and civilization. Main historical events. Hittite hieroglyphic writing. Origin of Hittite hieroglyphic writing. Bibliography.
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CHINESE LANGUAGE AND WRITING Chinese, Origin of Chinese culture. Origin of Chinese writing. Earliest inscriptions. Story of Chinese characters: External form of Chinese symbols; main varieties of Chinese writing; systematization of Chinese characters; Phonetic dictionaries. Classification of Chinese characters. Modern Chinese writing; Representation of Chinese by Latin alphabet. Bibliography.
VII. ANCIENT CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO, AND THEIR SCRIPTS 120
General sketch. "Mystery" of ancient Mexico. Study of ancient Mexico and Central America. Cultures of ancient Mexico and Central America. Main peoples who developed ancient Mexican and Central American cultures: Mayas; Zapotecs; Toltecs; Aztecs. Indigenous scripts of pre-Columbian America: Aztee character: Aztec codices; Aztec script. Maya script; Maya system of writing. Bibliography.
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MYSTERIOUS SCRIPT OF EASTER ISLAND "Mysterious" problem. Facts. The script. Origin. Connections with other scripts. Bibliography.
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OTHER IDEOGRAPHIC SCRIPTS General sketch. "Ideographic" scripts of non-Chinese peoples of China: Lo-lo Mo-so group; Lo-lo script; Mo-so script; Man group. Central and northern China: Tangut script; bibliography. West African "ideographie" seripts: Nsibidi; the name: origin; the script; bibliography. Bamun script; bibliography. Recent ideographic scripts of American Indians: bibliography. Minahassa script. Chukcha script; bibliography. Appendix: Alaska Eskimo script; bibliography.
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SYLLABIC SYSTEMS OF WRITING Syllabaries. Pseudo-hieroglyphic script of Byblos: inscriptions; the script; decipherment. Cypriote syllabary: ancient Cyprus and her script; origin of Cypriote syllabary: bibliography. Japanese scripts: Prehistoric Japanese "writings''; origin of Japanese scripts; Japanese ideograms; Japanese syllabic scripts; bibliography; suggested introduction of Latin alphabet. Cherokee syllabury: the script; origin; Morice's and Eubanks' Cherokeescripts; bibliography. Vai syllabary: the script; origin; bibliography. Mende syllabary: bibliography. Artificial scripts of native Canadian tribes: Cree syllabary: bibliography. South-western China: the Pollard and allied systems.
