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Testerian

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Type
  
Pictographic

Creator
  
Jacobo de Testera

Languages
  
Various

Time period
  
16th to 19th centuries

Testerian

Testerian is a pictorial writing system that was used until the 19th century to teach Christian doctrine to the indigenous peoples of Mexico, who were unfamiliar with alphabetic writing systems. Its invention is attributed to Jacobo de Testera, a Franciscan who arrived in Mexico in 1529.

References

Testerian Wikipedia