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A Big List of Verbs + Some Extras

Given their conspicuous position in Mayan glyphs and my own inability to find a list of Mayan verb glyphs, I created my own. My source is John Montgomery's Dictionary of Mayan Hieroglyphs.  Once again, this is for educational purposes only; buy the book. 










































































































































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  1. JohnNovember 20, 2019 at 4:23 AM

    If you want a verb list (and much more), I recommend Scott Johnson's book Translating Maya Hieroglyphs. Appendix III.2 contains a list of about 50 of the verbs which are most common in ancient Maya texts and useful to know.

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