Ancient Egyptian
Alphabet, Numbers
Kinds of Hieroglyphics and more
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𓊹𓌃
/mdw nTr/ medu netjer was the written language of Ancient Egypt
𓂋𓏺 𓇤𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
/rA n kmt/ ra en kemet was the Egyptian Language its self
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𓄿 A
Uniliterals (Basic Alphabet)
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𓅡bA
Biliterals
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𓅐 mwt
Triliterals
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𓀁action
Determinatives
uses one or more signs at the end of a word to indicate the general idea of the word.
List of determinatives
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𓇳𓏺 /ra/sun
Ideograms
'the idea' The sign used to write for the object they depict. Often depicted with just the glyph and a line underneath it.
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𓊹𓂋𓏏nTr
Phonograms
are 'the sound writing' signs to represent the sounds of the word rather then picture objects. They are either a (uniliteral) (biliteral) (triliteral). For an example the uniliteral /t/ and /r/ the 2 glyphs on end of the word for divinity /nTr/ 𓊹𓏏𓂋
𓊹 on its own represents /nTr/ but then you add the two glyphs behind it /t/𓏏 and /r/𓂋 it is to help spell out the word and make is easier to read phonetically.
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𓄿[G1], 𓃀[D58], 𓎡[V31], 𓂧[D46]
Full List
Gardiner sign list & Unicode
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Numbers and Measurement
Cardinal Points
Hours
/mdw nTr/ medu netjer was the written language of Ancient Egypt
𓂋𓏺 𓇤𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
/rA n kmt/ ra en kemet was the Egyptian Language its self
✧°~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~°✧
𓄿 A
Uniliterals (Basic Alphabet)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
𓅡bA
Biliterals
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𓅐 mwt
Triliterals
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𓀁action
Determinatives
uses one or more signs at the end of a word to indicate the general idea of the word.
List of determinatives
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𓇳𓏺 /ra/sun
Ideograms
'the idea' The sign used to write for the object they depict. Often depicted with just the glyph and a line underneath it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
𓊹𓂋𓏏nTr
Phonograms
are 'the sound writing' signs to represent the sounds of the word rather then picture objects. They are either a (uniliteral) (biliteral) (triliteral). For an example the uniliteral /t/ and /r/ the 2 glyphs on end of the word for divinity /nTr/ 𓊹𓏏𓂋
𓊹 on its own represents /nTr/ but then you add the two glyphs behind it /t/𓏏 and /r/𓂋 it is to help spell out the word and make is easier to read phonetically.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
𓄿[G1], 𓃀[D58], 𓎡[V31], 𓂧[D46]
Full List
Gardiner sign list & Unicode
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Numbers and Measurement
Cardinal Points
Hours
