Rongorongo (/ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ/ or /ˈrɒŋoʊˈrɒŋoʊ/; Rapa Nui: roŋoroŋo [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island...
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There have been numerous attempts to decipher the rongorongo script of Easter Island since its discovery in the late nineteenth century. As with most undeciphered...
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Rapa Nui also bear a boustrophedonic script called Rongorongo, which remains undeciphered. In Rongorongo, the text in alternate lines was rotated 180 degrees...
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not encode language.[citation needed] Rongorongo, said to have originally been called kohau motu mo rongorongo ("lines of inscriptions for chanting out")...
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Ngaꞌara (category Rongorongo)
and the last master of rongorongo, the Easter Island script. Before becoming king, Ngaꞌara ran a hare rongorongo (rongorongo school) at ꞌAnakena Bay...
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Rongorongo is an ancestress from Ra'iātea Island (Hawaiki) in Māori tradition, particularly of the Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Taranaki, and Whanganui...
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Easter Island (section Rongorongo)
bearers of the island's culture, history, and genealogy besides the rongorongo experts.: 86–91 Estimated dates of initial settlement of Easter Island...
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language. However, the decipherment of rongorongo is an ongoing process and it is not yet clear whether Rongorongo is a form of writing or some other form...
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those of Indonesian, Tagalog, and many other Southeast Asian languages. Rongorongo is presumed to be the script of Rapa Nui and if proven so, would place...
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The Raŋitoki fragment (Ragitoki, Rangitoki) is a possible rongorongo text, though its authenticity has been called into question. This fragment is kept...
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Text C of the rongorongo corpus, also known as Mamari, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo (/ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ/; Rapa Nui: [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) texts. It contains...
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petroglyphs once used by the Māori developed into a script similar to the Rongorongo of Easter Island. However, there is no evidence that these petroglyphs...
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Rongorongo (/ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ/; Rapa Nui: [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that appears to be writing...
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were encircled by rings of bird bone. Obsidian was used to inscribe the Rongorongo glyphs. Obsidian can be used to make extremely sharp knives, and obsidian...
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through the approval process. For other scripts, such as Numidian and Rongorongo, no proposal has yet been made, and they await agreement on character...
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Piopio, New Zealand (redirect from Rongorongo (whare))
Marae and meeting house are affiliated with Paemate Mangarama Mara and Rongorongo meeting house are affiliated with Apakura. Piopio College provides high...
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Rapa Nui language (section Rongorongo)
Greek eta, ⟨η⟩, as a graphic approximation of ⟨ŋ⟩. It is assumed that rongorongo, a possible undeciphered script once used on Rapa Nui, transcribes the...
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script Cotzumalhuapa script Kōhau Rongorongo – Rapa Nui. After 1200, before 1860. Probably logosyllabic. Kōhau Rongorongo One very similar concept is that...
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Oceanía, 2006. The "Hanau Eepe", their Immigration and Extermination, Rongorongo. "Tupac Inca Yupanqui" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography....
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as totemic symbols. Dolphins are most clearly represented in Rapa Nui Rongorongo, and in the traditions of the Caroline Islands they are depicted similarly...
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Text O of the rongorongo corpus, the Berlin tablet, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. O is the standard designation, from Barthel (1958)...
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Proto-Sinaitic (likely an abjad) Quipu – Inca Empire (possibly numerical only) Rongorongo – Rapa Nui (perhaps a syllabary) Sidetic – Sidetic Trojan script – (possibly...
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appears to feature in the rongorongo script of Easter Island (as glyph 07: ), and one reimiro is preserved with a long rongorongo text. Although the human...
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Text S of the rongorongo corpus, the larger of two tablets in Washington and therefore also known as the Great or Large Washington tablet, is one of two...
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Island script) – used to write the Carolinian language (Refaluwasch). Rongorongo – possibly used to write the Rapa Nui language. Gagarit Abada – used to...
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represent the glottal-stop consonant in some Polynesian Latin-based scripts. Rongorongo – the undeciphered script of Easter Island (Rapanui). List of English...
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fragmentary text W of the rongorongo corpus, also known as Honolulu tablet 4 or Honolulu 445, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. W is the standard...
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Kharoshthi Linear B Mayan Staveless Runes Cypriot Syllabary Rongorongo (Decipherment of rongorongo) Indus script Cretan hieroglyphs Byblos syllabary Linear...
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Text I of the rongorongo corpus, also known as the Santiago Staff, is the longest of the two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. Statistical analysis suggests...
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Text G of the rongorongo corpus, the smaller of two tablets located in Santiago and therefore also known as the Small Santiago tablet, is one of two dozen...
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