Evaluate the significance of unwritten language in two indigenous societies.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the significance of unwritten language in two indigenous societies. Unwritten languages played a significant role in indigenous societies that developed special systems to record the information. Candidates may refer to the significance of unwritten languages to build a sense of identity to communities and/or states. Candidates may also evaluate the religious value of a number of unwritten languages that were only known by the local religious leaders. Among the possible examples, candidates may evaluate Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire widely used as a lingua franca in Mesoamerica, which was originally written with a pictographic script and served as a mnemonic to remind readers of texts they had learnt orally. Other examples candidates may refer to is the case of the Quechua language from the Inca Empire and the use of quipus to record numerical data. Candidates may also evaluate the Mayan hieroglyphic writing that contained more than 800 characters, including hieroglyphic and phonetic signs representing syllables. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

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