Central/South American History/Mayan symbols

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Hey Paul, I have been trying to find a site where I could see the symbols to use to spell different words in Mayan. I have tried to find how to spell "warrior" or "Estrada" and "Jaguar" and info would be great thanks.

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Well this is outside my expertise, but I was able to turn up a few sites that may be able to help a little:

http://research.famsi.org/mdp/mdp_index.php
http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/South_American_Languages/Maya...
http://maya.hum.sdu.dk/

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I am a lifelong student of history with a BA from Haverford College. My areas of concentration and expertise are Latin America and Europe, with a focus on the 20th century.

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