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== Origin==

The Aztec writing system derives from writing systems used in Central Mexico, such as the [[Zapotec script]], through The Teotihua script. The[[Mixtec writing|Mixtec script]] is alsoa thoughtsister script to descendthe fromAztec Zapotec.script, both being descendants of Teotihua writing.The first [[Oaxaca]]n inscriptions are thought to encode Zapotec, partially because of numerical suffixes characteristic of the [[Zapotec languages]].<ref>Justeson (1986, p.449)</ref>

[[File:Aztec silabary in IPA Lacadena Wichmann 2004.jpg|thumb|Aztec syllabary (according to Lacadena and Wichmann, 2004)]]