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Aztec script
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<p>The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> <a href="/facts/Writing_system/ABG251A0">writing system</a> that combines <a href="/facts/Ideograph/7NvclbIG">ideographic</a> writing with <a href="/facts/Nahuatl/MTVHtb8U">Nahuatl</a> specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs which was used in central <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a> by the <a href="/facts/Nahua_people/WFXTweKj">Nahua people</a> in the Epiclassic and <a href="/facts/Mesoamerican_chronology/8xNnpP70">Post-classic</a> periods. It was originally thought that its use was reserved for elites; however, the topographical codices and early colonial catechisms, recently deciphered, were used by <i>tlacuilos</i> (scribes), <i>macehuallis</i> (peasants), and <i><a href="/facts/Pochteca/oKtTCPbv">pochtecas</a></i> (merchants). </p>