Is there evidence that Olmecs were influenced by African language symbolism?
http://www.crystalinks.com/olmecarthead.jpg Olmecs writing were similar to that used by peoples like the Vai culture and spoke a sort of Malinke-Bambara language spoken in West Africa. But there is nothing conclusive yet about the origin of the Olmec writing because few of their text have been found and the meaning of their glyph remains unsolved. According to “www.crystalinks.com” —Quote— There is a general consensus that the Olmec spoke a language in the Mixe-Zoquean family, although the evidence is limited. The Olmec may have been the first Mesoamericans to develop a writing system, but no examples of it have yet been found. The Olmec writing system is unique. The Signs are similar to the writing used by the Vai people of West Africa. The Olmecs spoke and aspect of the Manding (Malinke-Bambara) language spoken in West Africa. The Olmec people introduced writing to the New World. The Olmec script is a logosyllabic script. The Olmec had both a syllabic and hieroglyphic script… f
