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The guide explains how decipherment developed, where the writing system originated, and how Maya hieroglyphs map to language. It details key components such as logograms, syllabograms/phonograms, phonetic complements, semantic determinatives, and diacritical signs, followed by grammatical topics like word order, verbs, nouns and adjectives, and pronominal systems. It also covers typical text types including monumental inscriptions, ceramics, codices, and portable artefacts.","Introduction to  \nMaya Hieroglyphs  \nHarri Kettunen Christophe Helmke  \nWayeb  \nIntroduction to  \nMaya Hieroglyphs  \nSeventeenth Revised Edition  \nHarri Kettunen  \nChristophe Helmke  \nWayeb  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS:  \nFOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................................. 6  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS............................................................................................................................................. 6  \nNOTE ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................... 7  \nI INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 8  \n1. History of Decipherment............................................................................................................................ 9  \n2. Origins of the Maya Script ....................................................................................................................... 12  \n3. Language(s) of the Hieroglyphs .............................................................................................................. 13  \nII THE WRITING SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................................... 14  \n4. Conventions of Transliterating and Transcribing Maya Texts .............................................................. 14  \n5. Reading Order........................................................................................................................................... 16  \n6. Compound Glyphs, Infixing, and Conflations ....................................................................................... 17  \n7. Logograms................................................................................................................................................. 18  \n8. Syllabograms / Phonograms .................................................................................................................... 19  \n9. Phonetic Complements............................................................................................................................. 19  \n10. Semantic Determinatives and Diacritical Signs .................................................................................... 19  \n11. Polyvalence: Polyphony and Homophony ........................................................................................... 20  \n12. Number of Known Hieroglyphs ............................................................................................................ 22  \nIII GRAMMAR ...................................................................................................................................................... 24  \n13. Word Order ............................................................................................................................................. 24  \n14. Verbs ........................................................................................................................................................ 26  \n15. Nouns and Adjectives............................................................................................................................. 26  \n16. Pronominal System ................................................................................................................................. 27  \nIV TYPICAL STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE TEXTS ........................................................................................ 30  \n17. Monumental Inscriptions ....................................................................................................................... 30  \n18. 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