Explore: Rongorongo Script

Rongorongo (/ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ/ or /ˈrɒŋoʊˈrɒŋoʊ/; Rapa Nui: roŋoroŋo [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island

to decipher the rongorongo script of Easter Island since its discovery in the late nineteenth century. As with most undeciphered scripts, many of the proposals

Rongorongo script agreed to have been at least partially deciphered with regards to its meaning, while the understanding is still partial. Rongorongo

heir, and those who knew how to read and write the rongorongo script, the only Polynesian script to have been found to date, although debate exists about

successful. Some authors have proposed that rongorongo may have been an attempt to imitate European script after the idea of writing was introduced during

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

Unicode, a script is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems. Some scripts support

hieroglyphs, the Chinese script and the Mayan script, with ongoing debate as to whether the hitherto-undeciphered Indus script and Rongorongo are true writing

and epigrapher who is best known for cataloguing the undeciphered rongorongo script of Easter Island. Barthel was born on 4 January 1923, in Berlin, and

logosyllabic). Rongorongo – Rapa Nui (perhaps a logosyllabary) Trojan script – Trojan language Zapotec script – Zapotec (another old Mesoamerican script). Comparatively