Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
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Kettunen & Helmke 2011<br />
Grammar<br />
III GRAMMAR<br />
13. WORD ORDER<br />
The word order in the <strong>Maya</strong> hieroglyphic texts, and in the modern <strong>Maya</strong> languages alike, usually follows the<br />
verb-object-subject (VOS) pattern (unlike English which usually employs SVO-constructions). However, very<br />
often in the hieroglyphic texts the object is missing or omitted, and clauses usually begin with a date, giving us a<br />
typical formula of <strong>Maya</strong> texts: date-verb-subject. Dates can often take up the major part of the texts, verbs only<br />
one or two glyph blocks in each sentence, and personal names with titles can be as lengthy as the titles of<br />
European monarchs.<br />
calendar (temporal adverbial phrase)<br />
DNIG DN ADI/PDI tzolk’in<br />
‘day’<br />
haab<br />
‘month’<br />
day, month<br />
tun<br />
‘year’<br />
k’atun<br />
20 ‘years’<br />
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