Free online translator of your language into Mayan Glyphs - whole paragraphs translated !


After studying Mayan glyph dictionaries, I put together this perl script translator, that will allow you to input your own language, be it English, Spanish, German, Italian, etc. and immediately see the output printed out in Mayan Glyphs.   Just fill in the form below, up to the 240 character counter, and see your results in a flash. In the case of certain letters of the alphabet that do not exist in Mayan, I have come up with what I feel is a reasonable formula, which I detail below. This output is unique on the world wide web.


Mayan_Alphabet

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 Occam's Razor:
The theory that one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
Or in everyday language - the simplest explanation is usually the best.

This translator does NOT use Diego de Landa's early Spanish alphabet, which some have labeled "erroneous".

This program will accept text input
in any of the Latin1 Languages.


My research into a possible modern alphabet using Mayan Hieroglyphics showed a lack of some corresponding letters between English or other European languages and the Mayan symbols that are available. Specifically :

(1) The letters d,f,g,q,r,v and z do not exist in Mayan.

(2) Other letters and some ligatures, also called digraphs, exist in Mayan and not in English.

I decided to use reasonable judgement to fill in the gaps.

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Below are my reasons for the assignment of the various glyphs to the various letters of the alphabet:

Character for D - I used glyph T544 (K'in) as this is the glyph for day and dia, which have strong 'd' sounds and both words begin with the letter 'd'.

Character for F - I used glyph T89 (EK) as this combination sounds as close to an "f" as any I found.

Character for G - I used glyph T1011 (Gi) which actually is pronounced as "'g".

Character for Q - I used glyph T528 (Ku) as this combination sounds as close to a "q" as any I found.

Character for R - I used glyph T60.1042 (ja'-o-b'a) because this is the glyph for "are".

Character for V - I used glyph T100bV15061 (WE) pronounced similarly to "v"

Character for Z - I used glyph T5076 (tzi) because it is pronounced "z".

For the Punctuation Characters, I simply chose a glyph that resembled, somewhat, the punctuation mark.   For the rest of the alphabet, and the numbers from zero to nine, I used the available glyphs.

[ Your mileage may vary and your reasoning may be different. Please Contact Us if you can offer any constructive suggestions, correct my obvious errors or offer help in any way. ]

In conclusion:

I have had no formal training as a linguist and I do not put myself forth as any type of expert in languages.   I simply saw a need for some type of alphabet more accurate than the 400 year old Spanish ones available on the net, and I took on the challenge to help the general public.

Please forgive any grammatical errors and/or acts of omission or commission on my part.

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You can translate from English-Spanish-French-German-Italian
or any other Latin1 Language into " Mayan " in seconds.

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