During the same period in which the Maya were developing a hieroglyphic system of writing, the Aztec people also developed a written language, but it was not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya and was more pictographic in nature.

• Abut it was not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya and was  
• Bbut it was not as highly sophisticated as the Maya, being  
• Cbut, not as highly sophisticated as the Maya's, was  
• Dnot as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya, however, being  
• Enot as highly sophisticated as the Maya's however, it was