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• Three ways to write bʼalam using combinations of the logogram with the syllabic signs as phonetic complements. From left to right: bʼa-, -ma, and bʼa--ma (en)
• Two different ways of writing the word bʼalam 'jaguar' in the Maya script – first, as a logogram representing the entire word with the single glyph , and then, phonetically using the three syllable signs bʼa, la, and ma (en)