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Discover the Aztec speech glyph that captures the elegance of spoken language and the nature of writing. Click to learn more!

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Alice writes, "This is an Aztec speech glyph that dates back before the conquest. I'm a linguist, and I believe this glyph embodies the impossible elegance of spoken language as well as the intrinsically artificial and cumbersome nature of written language."

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