Kuliqiniso ukuthi I-Easter Island yaziwa kakhulu njengendawo yezithombe eziyimfihlakalo nezibabazekayo zama-moai, kepha lezi akuzona ukuphela kwezimangaliso isiqhingi saseNingizimu Pacific esinikezayo. Ngenkathi izakhiwo zama-moai zithakazelisa ngenxa yenhloso yazo engaziwa namaciko ayindida, ulimi olungasekho lwesiqhingi "Rongorongo" kuyadida ngokufanayo. Ulimi olubhalwayo lwohlobo olulodwa lubonakala lungaveli ndawo ngawo-1700, kepha lwadingiselwa ukufihlwa esikhathini esingaphansi kwamakhulu amabili eminyaka.
Kukholakala ukuthi abantu basePolynesia bafudukela kulokho manje okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Easter Island endaweni ethile phakathi kuka-300 AD no-1200 AD, bazinza khona. Ngenxa yokugcwala ngokweqile nokusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwezinsizakusebenza zabo, abasePolynesia babhekana nokuwa kwabantu ngemuva kwempucuko eyayichuma ekuqaleni. Kuthiwa lapho abahloli bamazwe baseYurophu befika ngo-1722, bafika nezifo ezazisinciphisa kakhulu isibalo sabantu.
Igama i-Easter Island lanikezwa isivakashi sokuqala esiqoshwe esiqhingini saseYurophu, umhloli wamazwe waseDashi uJacob Roggeveen, owahlangana naso ngeSonto lePhasika, ngomhla ka-5 ku-Ephreli, ngo-1722, ngenkathi efuna "Umhlaba waseDavis. ” URoggeveen wayiqamba ngokuthi iPaasch-Eyland (isiDashi sangekhulu le-18 lesi-“Island Island”). Igama elisemthethweni lesiSpanishi lesi siqhingi, u-Isla de Pascua, nalo lisho ukuthi “Isiqhingi sase-Easter.”
Ama-glyphs aseRongorongo atholakala ngengozi ngo-1869. Omunye wale mibhalo wanikezwa uMbhishobhi waseTahiti njengesipho esingajwayelekile. Ngenkathi u-Eugène Eyraud, isikhulu esidlangalaleni seSonto LamaRoma Katolika, efika e-Easter Island njengesithunywa sevangeli ngoJanuwari 2, 1864, wenza okokuqala ukutholwa kombhalo waseRongorongo. Encazelweni ebhaliwe yokuvakasha kwakhe, uchaze ukutholwa kwakhe kwamathebulethi angamapulangwe angamashumi amabili nesithupha anombhalo olandelayo ongajwayelekile.
“Kuwo wonke amaqhugwane umuntu uthola amaphilisi noma izinti ezenziwe ngokhuni zimbozwe ngezinhlobo eziningana zezinhlamvu ezibhalwe ngama-hieroglyphic: Ziyizithombe zezilwane ezingaziwa kulesi siqhingi, abantu bomdabu abazidweba ngamatshe abukhali. Isibalo ngasinye sinegama laso; kodwa ukunakwa okuncane abakubonayo kula mapilisi kungenza ngicabange ukuthi laba balingisi, izinsalela zemibhalo ethile yasendulo, manje sebewumkhuba wabo abawenzayo ngaphandle kokufuna incazelo yawo. ”
URongorongo uhlelo lokubhala olususelwa kumagrafu noma uhlelo lokubhala lweProto. Kutholakale kwafakwa kumathebulethi ahlukahlukene e-oblong okhuni nakwezinye izinsalela zomlando ezivela esiqhingini. Ubuciko bokubhala bebungaziwa kunoma yiziphi iziqhingi eziseduze, futhi ukuba khona kwalo mbhalo kwabadida abantu bezazi.
Kuze kube manje, okuthembeke kakhulu kube wukuthi abaQhingi base-Easter bakhuthazwa ukubhala abakubonile ngenkathi abaseSpain bethi lesi siqhingi ngo-1770. Kodwa-ke, yize kunjalo, lesi sazi noma isazi semivubukulo asikwazi ukuchaza lolu limi ngempumelelo.
In the Ulimi lwesiRapa Nui, okuwulimi lomdabu lwase-Easter Island, igama elithi Rongorongo lisho "Ukusho, ukunxusa, ukucula." Lapho kutholakala izibhebhe zokhuni ezimise ngendlela exakile, zase ziwohlokile, zasha noma zalimala kakhulu. Abasebenzi benkosi, isithombe sendoda eyinyoni, nemihlobiso emibili ye-reimiro nayo yatholwa nama-glyphs.
Phakathi kwemigqa ehamba kuwo wonke amaphilisi kubhalwe ama-glyphs. Amanye amaphilisi "ashayiwe," ngemibhalo equkethwe ngaphakathi kwemigudu eyenziwe inqubo yokushaya umtshingo. Zibunjwe njengabantu, izilwane, izimila, kanye namajamo wejometri esithombeni seRongorongo. Kuwo wonke amasheya afaka ikhanda, ikhanda liqondiswe ukuze libheke phezulu futhi libheke phambili noma libheke ngakwesokudla.
Uphawu ngalunye lunokuphakama okuzungeze isentimitha elilodwa. Ukubhalwa kwezinhlamvu kubhalwe phansi ukuze kufundwe phansi kuya phezulu, kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla. Reverse boustrophedon yitemu lobuchwepheshe lalokhu. Ngokuya ngesiko lomlomo, imidwebo yenziwa kusetshenziswa ama-obsidian flakes noma amazinyo amancane oshaka njengamathuluzi aphambili.
Njengoba kwenziwe izifundo ezimbalwa kuphela zokuphola ngqo ezibhebheni, akunakwenzeka ukunquma iminyaka yazo ngqo. Kodwa-ke, kucatshangwa ukuthi zadalwa ngekhulu le-13, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho kugawulwa khona amahlathi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kumane kuyinkolelo-mbono, njengoba izakhamuzi zase-Easter Island kungenzeka ukuthi zagawula inani elincane lezihlahla ngenhloso ecacile yokwakha amaphilisi okhuni. I-glyph eyodwa, efana nomuthi wesundu, kukholakala ukuthi iyisundu i-Easter Island, eyagcina ukurekhodwa kwirekhodi le-pollen yesiqhingi ngo-1650, okukhombisa ukuthi lo mbhalo okungenani lowo mdala.
Ama-glyphs akhombisile ukuthi ayinselele ekuchazeni. Ukuthatha umcabango wokuthi uRongorongo uyabhala, kunezithiyo ezintathu ezikwenza kube nzima ukukuchaza. Inani elilinganiselwe lemibhalo, ukusweleka kwemifanekiso nezinye izimo zokuziqonda, kanye nobufakazi obubi bolimi lwakudala i-Rapanui, okungenzeka ukuthi lolu limi lukhonjiswe ezibhebheni, yizo zonke izinto ezibe nomthelela ekusithekeni kwazo.
Abanye banomuzwa wokuthi i-Rongorongo ayikona ukubhala kwangempela, kodwa kunalokho ukubhala nge-proto, okusho iqoqo lezimpawu kodwa ezingabandakanyi noma yikuphi okuqukethwe kolimi ngomqondo ovamile.
Ngokusho the I-Atlas yolwazi database, "Kungenzeka ukuthi iRongorongo yayisetshenziswa njengesixhobo sokukhumbula noma ngenjongo yokuhlobisa, kunokuba iqophe ulimi lwesiRapanui olukhulunywa abantu besiqhingi."
Yize kungakacaci kahle ukuthi iRongorongo kuhloswe ngayo ukuxhumana nani, ukutholakala nokuhlolwa kwamathebulethi kukhombise ukuthi kube yinyathelo elibalulekile eliya phambili ekuqondeni kwethu impucuko yasendulo yesiQhingi sase-Easter phambilini.
Ngenxa yokuthi lezi zibalo ziqoshwe ngokucophelela futhi ziqondaniswe kahle, kuyacaca ukuthi isiko lasendulo lesiqhingi lalinomyalezo owawuzowuthumela, noma ngabe kwakuwumbukiso nje wezinhloso zokuhlobisa noma indlela yokudlulisa imiyalezo nezindaba ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
Yize kungenzeka ukuthi ukuqonda amakhodi ngelinye ilanga kuyonikeza izimpendulo zokuthi kungani impucuko yesiqhingi yawa, okwamanje, amaphilisi asebenza njengesikhumbuzo esiyindida sezikhathi esezadlula.
