Aztec script

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Aztec
Script type	Pictographic and logosyllabic
Time period	Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century
Languages	Nahuatl
Related scripts
Sister systems	Mixtec
Unicode
Unicode range	U+15C00 to U+15FFF (tentative)[1]
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The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a pre-Columbian writing system that combines ideographic writing with Nahuatl specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs^[1] which was used in central Mexico by the Nahua people.