Manyoro ekutanga anozivikanwa akawanikwa mukunyora kweMaya anosvika kuma250 BC, asi chinyorwa ichi chinotendwa kuti chakagadzirwa kare. VaMaya vaizivikanwa netsika dzavo dzakaoma kunzwisisa, dzaisanganisira zvinyorwa zvakawanda.

Mayan hieroglyphs akavezwa mumatombo kana pfupa, kunyange akapendwa pahari kana kunyorwa mumabhuku. Madingindira maviri makuru ezvinyorwa zvavo aive maonero enyeredzi uye echitendero.

Heano makuru logogiramu akashandiswa neMayan budiriro kutaura mazwi uye mazano.

Kune akawanda ekare maMayan zviratidzo, mamwe anonyanya kufarirwa isu takawedzera pazasi.

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Heano zviratidzo zvekare zveMayan zvenhamba 1 kusvika ku10.
Zero	а
Yezvavo	Vatatu
Mane	Shanu
Six	Seven
Isere	Mapfumbamwe
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Nhamba dzeMaya dzaive nhamba yedesimali system (base makumi maviri) yakashandiswa ne pre-Columbian Maya civilization.

Nhamba dzacho dzakaumbwa nemavara matatu: zero (shell-like), one (dot) uye mashanu (stripe). Semuyenzaniso, gumi nepfumbamwe (19) rakanyorwa nemadonhwe mana mumutsara wakachinjika pamusoro pemitsetse mitatu yakachinjika mumwe pamusoro pemumwe.

Heino tafura yeMayan manhamba.

Iyo Haab yaive karenda rezuva reMayan remwedzi gumi nemisere yemazuva makumi maviri imwe neimwe, pamwe nenhambo yemazuva mashanu ("mazuva asina kudomwa zita") mukupera kwegore rinozivikanwa se Wayeb (kana Wayeb, mu16th century spelling).

Zuva rega rega mukarenda yeHaab rinoratidzwa nenhamba yezuva mumwedzi, ichiteverwa nezita remwedzi. Nhamba dzemazuva dzakatanga neglyph yakashandurwa se "nzvimbo" yemwedzi wakatumidzwa, uyo unowanzoonekwa sezuva 0 remwedzi iwoyo, kunyangwe vashoma vachizviona sezuva rechimakumi maviri remwedzi unotangira mwedzi wakapihwa. Mune yekupedzisira kesi, Pop inotungamirwa pa Wayeb 'zuva rechishanu. Kune vazhinji, zuva rekutanga regore raive 20 Pop (nzvimbo yePop). Ipapo kwakauya 5 Pop, 0 Pop kusvika 1 Pop, ipapo 2 Wo,

Kana iyo Tzolkin system kana iyo Haab system yakaverenga makore. Kusanganiswa kwezuva reTzolkin uye zuva reHaab rakanga rakakwana kuti rione zuva rekugutsikana kwevanhu vazhinji, sezvo kusanganiswa kwakadaro hakuna kudzoka kwemakore makumi mashanu nemaviri akatevera, kunze kwehuwandu hwehupenyu.

Sezvo makarenda maviri aya aive akavakirwa pamazuva 260 ne365 zvichitevedzana, kutenderera kwese kwaingozvidzokorora makore makumi mashanu nemaviri ega ega. Nguva iyi yaizivikanwa seakaundi yekarenda. Kuguma kweKuverenga Karenda yakanga iri nguva yenyongano nemhinganidzo nokuda kwavaMaya sezvavaimirira kuona kana vamwari vaizovapa rimwe nhambo yamakore 52.

Heino kalendari yeHaab (mazuva 365).

Ndiyo almanac inoyera yeMayan yemazuva mazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu.

Iyo Mesoamerican Long Count calendar ndeye isingadzokorore decimal (base 20) uye base 18 kalendari yakashandiswa nevakawanda pre-Columbian Mesoamerican tsika, kunyanya vaMaya. Nechikonzero ichi, dzimwe nguva inonzi iyo Mayan refu kuverenga kalenda. Ichishandisa nhamba yedesimali yakagadziridzwa, karenda yeLong Count inotara zuva nekuverenga huwandu hwemazuva kubva pazuva rekusikwa kwengano, rinoenderana naNyamavhuvhu 11, 3114 BC. maererano nekarenda yaGregory.

Karenda yeLong Count yaishandiswa zvakanyanya pazvivakwa.

Heino Mayan Long Count Calendar uye zviratidzo zvayo.

Aya ndiwo makuru eMayan zviratidzo zvatakawana kusvika nhasi. Kana zvimwe zviratidzo zveMayan zvakawanikwa uye zvakanyorwa, isu taizozvibatanidza muchikamu chino chekare zviratidzo zveMayan.