Meaning of khipu | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B1]
Examples
“But a more searching analysis of some 450 of the 600 surviving khipu has called into question⟳ this interpretation. Although they were probably mainly accounting tools, a growing number⟳ of researchers now think⟳ that some khipu were nonnumerical and may have⟳ been an early form⟳ of writing.”
“Few of the world’s so-called lost writings have⟳ proved as daunting to decipher as khipus, scholars say⟳, with chroniclers from the outset of colonial rule⟳ bewildered by their inability to crack the code.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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