Reverse Reconstruction of the Rongorongo System
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Hieroglyphic writings or scripts of Easter Island as known as Rongorongo and Rapa Nui readings or transcripts of Rongorongo made by the natives have fascinated scholars and researchers since its discovery. Numerous translations have been published, but none of them has been widely accepted. It has been concluded by many anthropologists and researchers that Rongorongo was proto-writing and an idiosyncratic mnemonic device that did not directly represent language. In an attempt to reconstruct Rongorongo writing and reading systems, this article will introduce the cascaded-crust model which is used to explain how a lengthy Rongorongo script can be divided into smaller script segments and each script segment can be independently handled. Nonetheless this article does not provide with an explanation how Rongorongo script can be transcribed into Rapa Nui, but it will be explained with numerous examples how the split-and-merge method is used to make the sensible translation from Rongorongo transcript. A hypothetical relationship between Easter Island and other indigenous regions such as Indus Valley and Northeast Asia based on Genographic Human Migration Map will be presented from the perspective of cultural migrations. For the demonstration of proposed methodology, two full translations of Échancrée and Great Washington tablets will be presented.
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Hieroglyphic writings or scripts of Easter Island as known as Rongorongo and Rapa Nui readings or transcripts of Rongorongo made by the natives have fascinated scholars and researchers since its discovery. Numerous translations have been published, but none of them has been widely accepted. It has been concluded by many anthropologists and researchers that Rongorongo was proto-writing and an idiosyncratic mnemonic device that did not directly represent language. In an attempt to reconstruct Rongorongo writing and reading systems, this article will introduce the cascaded-crust model which is used to explain how a lengthy Rongorongo script can be divided into smaller script segments and each script segment can be independently handled. Nonetheless this article does not provide with an explanation how Rongorongo script can be transcribed into Rapa Nui, but it will be explained with numerous examples how the split-and-merge method is used to make the sensible translation from Rongorongo transcript. A hypothetical relationship between Easter Island and other indigenous regions such as Indus Valley and Northeast Asia based on Genographic Human Migration Map will be presented from the perspective of cultural migrations. For the demonstration of proposed methodology, two full translations of Échancrée and Great Washington tablets will be presented.
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