The Mayan language is similar to the Chinese language, or may have originated in China
For the mysterious Mayan civilization, people often think of the prophecy of the destruction of the world, the backward economy, the advanced mathematics, astronomical knowledge and a series of strange legends.
Around the world, there are many scholars who study the origin and decline of the Mayan civilization, but to this day, there is still a lot of fog about this civilization. Recently, an Indian female scholar named Ilnayilamin said that the language of the Mayan civilization in the Americas is completely consistent with Chinese Chinese, and that the Mayan civilization may have originated in China.
This remark instantly attracted the attention and doubts of the public, so is this her hype to attract attention, or is it really evidence-based?
Explore the mysterious Mayan civilization and marvel at its charm. Some believe that the Mayan civilization was left behind by aliens, or that aliens taught them advanced knowledge.
Because there are many things that cannot be explained, and only this explanation is reasonable. According to the Mesoamerican chronicles, the Mayan civilization can be roughly divided into three periods: the Preclassic, the Classic, and the Postclassic.
It was formed around 1500 BC, but it eventually disappeared in the 16th century as the Aztec Empire was invaded by the Spanish Empire. As the only civilization born in the rainforest, the Mayan civilization has disappeared into history, but it has left many unsolved mysteries that people still wonder about.
Although the Maya lived in isolation from Mexico and the Pacific coast of Central America, their farming methods were extremely backward and their economic and productive forces were at a low level of development, not to the later Bronze or Iron Age, or even simple wheeled vehicles.
However, in such an environment, they have made amazing achievements in mathematics, astronomy, etc. None of the four ancient civilizations we are familiar with have achieved the same achievements in these fields.
To this day, there are some Mayan achievements that have not been completely cracked. Take astronomy as an example, they have a sophisticated and high-level astronomical calendar, which is mainly composed of three calendars: the divine calendar, the solar calendar, and the long calendar.
By observing the celestial phenomena, they calculated that the year was 3652422, and this result was discovered by them many years ago. This result and the one we have today come up with are 365 per yearThe calculation error of 2425 days is only 00002 days, converted into seconds, is only 1728 days.
It's unimaginable and incomprehensible.
The numbers used by the Mayans, in addition to the calculations, are even more puzzling. They use the base 20 system, which has led to the emergence of many amazingly huge numbers. For example, 20 bike guilders = 1 picoke dong or 2,880,000 days, and 20 gold guilders = 1 atto dong or 23040000000 days.
These numbers are so large that they are barely needed even in modern society, and are only used by astronomers to express the distance between galaxies. This also makes us even more confused, because according to the Mayan Zokin calendar, that is, 260 days a year, no planet has a corresponding cycle.
In addition to mathematics and astronomy, the Mayan architectural skills are also amazing. Although they did not have wheeled carts and basic iron tools, they did not even have the habit of raising livestock.
However, they believe that animals are capable of thinking and communicating, so they have a deep sense of reverence for them as an integral part of their lives and can live in harmony with them.
In the absence of modern tools and the assistance of livestock, the Maya were able to construct a large number of spectacular buildings. For example, the Palenque Palace, built in the 7th century, was 100 meters long and 80 meters wide, which was a huge and difficult undertaking at the time.
Another example is the famous Governor's Palace of Uxmar, which is composed of 22,500 elaborate stone carvings, and the buildings of the palace and the governor's palace are built with dozens of tons of stones.
To this day, how the Mayans accomplished this feat remains a mystery.
When conventional methods don't answer a question, people tend to turn to "finding the right way". Some people firmly believe that the Mayan civilization once embraced the advanced ideas of extraterrestrial civilizations, but it always feels unreliable to interpret strange phenomena with bizarre explanations.
In addition to these surprising things, people are more familiar with the Mayan 2012 prophecy. It is said that the Mayans**, we are in the 5th solar age, and the earth has been destroyed 4 times before due to disasters such as floods, fires and rains.
According to the prophecies at the time, the end of the 5th solar age was calculated to be 2012. However, this turned out to be nonsense, but there are also those who believe that it does not herald extinction, but rather indicates that humanity will enter a new era.
In any case, the Mayan civilization remains shrouded in a fog of mystery that is both shocking and passionate about its origins and ends. Despite countless speculations, no one will make the connection between Mayan culture and China.
In recent years, the Indian female scholar Irnay Lamei has publicly stated that the language of the Mayan civilization in the Americas has a striking similarity with the Chinese language, and even believes that the Mayan civilization originated from China.
While this view may seem bizarre to many, it does not seem entirely unreasonable based on the evidence provided by Ilnay Lamei. Ilnay Lamei is fluent in many Chinese languages and scripts, and in the course of her research, she has found that there are high similarities between ancient Chinese and Mayan languages in terms of phonetic transcription and vocabulary.
Her research conclusion has attracted widespread attention and triggered people's in-depth thinking. Although her views are not yet widely accepted, her findings undoubtedly provide a new perspective for the study of Mayan civilization.
According to the division of international linguists, the language systems of the world can be divided into two main categories: Indo-European system languages, which are mainly spoken in Africa, Europe and the United States; The Malay language system is mainly spoken in Southeast Asian countries such as China and Japan.
Of these languages, only Chinese uses pictographs, which can indicate both pronunciation and meaning, and have a long history. It is on this basis that Ilnay Lame believes that the Mayan civilization has ties to China.
She discovered that Mayan scripts were also hieroglyphs, about 800 of them. When comparing Mayan and Old Chinese, she found a high degree of overlap. For example, "white cang" and sak tin tin in Mayan languages have the same meaning and the same structure.
In addition, the Mayan language and Old Chinese have many other features in common, such as the use of a large number of measure words. For example, "head, tree, branch" all have corresponding quantifiers in Mayan languages.
Even in some phonetic and grammatical aspects, there are overlaps between the two languages. However, judging by these alone is not too arbitrary. Therefore, Ilnay Lamei conducted a special study and carefully selected some ancient Chinese and Mayan languages for comparison.
As you can see from the comparison chart, there are many similarities between the two languages.
Over the millennia, the similarities between the two languages have been striking. The researcher's discovery of Ilnayilami has changed the doubts and doubts that have begun to be perceived as if the two languages actually originated from the same language.
There is even bold speculation that the Maya may have been immigrants from ancient China. Although this view may sound a bit bizarre, it cannot be easily denied, because some migration events are indeed recorded in some historical documents of our country.
Some scholars speculate that tens of thousands of years ago, a part of the Yan and Huang descendants of the Xuanyuan Huaxia tribe migrated southeast from eastern China, passing through Russia, reaching North America and eventually South America.
In Chinese history, about 3,500 years ago, the Shang Dynasty was overthrown by Zhou because most of its troops were fighting abroad and failed to rescue the capital in time, coupled with its brutal rule.
When the Shang soldiers finally arrived in the capital, the battle for the throne and the change of power had already settled, and the change of generation had become an established fact. They are tired of this life because of their long campaigns.
But they were unwilling to return to the Shang Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty. So, they chose to leave the Northeast and drifted all the way to Mexico, where they merged with the locals and together created the Mayan civilization.
As early as 1931, there was speculation that there might be a connection between China and the Mayan civilization. It was written in the Journal of Geography that excavations of ancient tombs in Mexico had found clay ancient appearances that were exactly the same as those of the Chinese, as well as the clothes and hair, which were also consistent with the Chinese clothes worn decades ago.
Moreover, this connection seems to be hinted at in ancient Chinese texts. According to the "Historical Records: The Biography of Boyi", in the last years of the Yin Shang Dynasty, Boyi fled from the king of Zhou and went to the coast of the North Sea.
Mencius also said that Boyi fled from the king and lived on the shores of the North Sea. So, is there really some kind of connection between China and the Mayan civilization?
Is it possible that the truth of history will be changed as a result? The debate over the origin of humanity has long been debated, and if Ilnailama's conclusions are correct, then our understanding of the origins of humanity will be challenged.
At present, it is generally believed that human beings originated in Africa, but after in-depth research, many people have questioned that the origin of human beings is more likely to be China. Compared with Africa, China's chain of evidence is more complete and its historical roots are deeper.
Although it is widely believed that the earliest human fossils found in China are 1.7 million years old, in fact, China discovered the "Chinese Aperium" 55 million years ago, which is an important discovery that may change the history of human origins.
Many Western scholars scoffed at this, believing that it was not a human fossil, but a dinosaur fossil. However, Mirkhadani, an Indian female scholar, is adamantly opposed to this view.
In a debate with some scholars, Mirkhadany said that there was evidence of ancient human activity in China as early as 700,000 years ago, when it was already the Paleolithic period.
50,000 years ago, China entered the Upper Paleolithic Age. Therefore,"Humans originated in Africa"This argument does not hold water.
People have different opinions about the mysterious Mayan civilization. Attracted by its magnificence, some people are constantly researching it in an attempt to unravel its mysteries. Just like Ilnayla's point of view is shared by some people, but there are also those who doubt it.
Ilnaila insists that the Mayan script is similar to the current script, but it is not, and there are fewer similarities than differences. In the case of English, for example, it is an alphabetic script that can only extend horizontally, while Mayan script is three-dimensional, with not only horizontal distinctions, but also up and down, left and right, and far and near.
When reading Mayan texts, it must be done in a specific order, first from left to right, then from top to bottom, and finally from near to far. Therefore, the charm of the Mayan civilization lies in its unique writing and complex civilization system, which is worthy of our in-depth study and exploration.
This complex composition gives the Mayan script a variety of variations. With different splits and combinations, it can take on a completely different meaning. The Mayan script consists of a main character and a ligation, and its font is divided into headers and geometry.
This complexity makes the Mayan script rich in style, very different from Old Chinese. When it comes to representing people, gods, or animals, Mayan scripts typically use two approaches: one is a symbol that represents the whole body, and the other is only a head.
Although there are multiple sounds in Chinese characters, each character usually represents at least one meaning. However, the Mayan language often requires a set of paintings to convey the meaning that a single character can represent.
As a result, some people oppose the idea that the Mayan script is similar to ancient Chinese, arguing that the Mayan script is quite different from ancient Chinese, and they do not agree with the idea that the Mayan civilization is related to China.
Over the years, the Mayan civilization has been like a deep mystery that has led to endless thinking. Due to its age and some unusual features, it is often difficult for us to understand.
This is not the only point of view that has been speculated and studied about the Mayan civilization. For example, if you compare the Mayan script with Old Chinese, both civilizations are equally impressive, regardless of the outcome.
Just as the descendants of Yan and Huang were proud of their long traditional culture and history, the Mayans must have been proud of their civilization. Although the Mayan culture stayed on the stage of human history for a short time, this makes it more mysterious and more beautiful.
It is undeniably an indispensable and important part of the world's cultural treasure trove.
When looking for the connection between two civilizations, the process of seeking answers may not be as important as the process of searching. Because in the process of exploration, the stirring of thinking often produces more brilliant sparks of thought, which can often promote the continuous progress of human society.
Perhaps one day in the future, the mysteries of Mayan culture will be gradually revealed.