# Rongorongo is proto-writing or a mnemonic system that cued recited texts without encoding them phonetically.

> Most likely: Rongorongo is proto-writing or a mnemonic system that cued recited texts without encoding them phonetically.

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# Rongorongo is proto-writing or a mnemonic system that cued recited texts without encoding them phonetically.

Rongorongo is proto-writing or a mnemonic system that cued recited texts without encoding them phonetically.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Glyph statistics differ from any language's syllable or word statistics.
- The Mamari calendar records lunar nights by pictures and counts rather than by words.
- Different tablets covering the same chant do not share glyph sequences in a consistent way.

## What would rule it out

- A phonetic reading of a passage predicts the content of another passage before it is checked.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Metoro, the only informant, named the glyphs one at a time rather than reading a text.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCG1G698M/metoro-the-only-informant-named-the-glyphs-one-at-a-time)

Suggestive

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[The Mamari calendar's function can be described from its crescents and counts without reading any word.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCFSP4Q1R/the-mamari-calendars-function-can-be-described-from-its)

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## The questions it answers

[Does rongorongo record language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/questions/QST0D4CCD3R70F2/does-rongorongo-record-language)

Most likelyRongorongo is proto-writing or a mnemonic system that cued recited texts without encoding them phonetically

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