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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo
    Rongorongo - Wikipedia
    Script typeUndeciphered
    Time periodTime of creation unknown; writing ceased and most tablets lost or destroyed in the 1860s
    DirectionReversed boustrophedon
    LanguagesAssumed to be Rapa Nui
    Etymology and variant names

    Rongorongo is the modern name for the inscriptions. In the Rapa Nui language, roŋoroŋo or rogorogo means "to recite, to declaim, to chant out".
    The original name—or perhaps description… See more

    Form and construction

    The forms of the glyphs are standardized contours of living organisms and geometric designs about one centimeter high. The wooden tablets are irregular in shape and, in many instances, fluted (tablets B, E, G, H, O, Q, and p… See more

    Origin

    Oral tradition holds that either Hotu Matuꞌa or Tuꞌu ko Iho, the legendary founder(s) of Rapa Nui, brought 67 tablets from their homeland. The same founder is also credited with bringing indigenous plants such as the … See more

    Historical record

    Eugène Eyraud, a lay friar of the Congrégation de Picpus, landed on Easter Island on January 2, 1864, on the 24th day of his departure from Valparaíso. He was to remain on Easter Island for nine months, evangelizin… See more

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