QuipuNorte Chico civilization, Paracas culture, Wari culture, Aymara, IncaLanguagesAymara, Quechua, PuquinaRelated scriptsSister systemsChinese knots, Wampum This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.Quipu in the Museo Machu Picchu, Casa Concha, CuscoQuipu (also spelled khipu) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America. Writing system