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Yes, most people don't realize that part of Egyptian writing is phonetic.
Twenty-four uniliteral signs make up the so-called hieroglyphic alphabet. Egyptian hieroglyphic writing does not indicate vowels, just like Arabic and Hebrew.
There are also 2 other Egyptian Hieroglyphic alphabets: a bilateral one (each letter represents 2 sounds), and a trilateral one (each letter represents 3 sounds).
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Can you show the hieroglyphic alphabet?
See the link for an introduction.
What is the entire hieroglyphic alphabet?
There is no such thing as a hieroglyphic alphabet. The Egyptians used about 700 hieroglyphs to represent the sounds and meaning of their language.See http://www.egyptianhieroglyphs.net/gardiners-sign-list/
What was the contribution of the Phoenicians to the development of writing?
They invented an alphabet to replace hieroglyphic writing, and syllabic writing.
How has hieroglyphic effected the modern day alphabet?
symbols like the women and mens sign on washrooms are hieroglyphics. they help us know where to "go"
Is the hieroglypic the system of writing develop in Greece?
No, hieroglyphic writing is from Egypt, but the idea may have inspired Greece to invent the alphabet.
Can you show the hieroglyphic alphabet?
See the link for an introduction.
How were hieroglyphics designed?
Hieroglyphics were made to show a sound.https://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/egyptian-hieroglyphic-alphabet/
What does the e in the English alphabet translated to in the hieroglyphic alphabet mean?
It doesn't. The Hieroglyphic alphabet has no vowels. (Websites that allow you to write your name in Hieroglyphics have a made-up vowel system. They usually use a variation of Y for the letter e.)
What is the entire hieroglyphic alphabet?
There is no such thing as a hieroglyphic alphabet. The Egyptians used about 700 hieroglyphs to represent the sounds and meaning of their language.See http://www.egyptianhieroglyphs.net/gardiners-sign-list/
What was the contribution of the Phoenicians to the development of writing?
They invented an alphabet to replace hieroglyphic writing, and syllabic writing.
How many Egyptian hieroglypic alphabets were there?
There was only one Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet: The set of symbols representing single consonants can be thought of as a rudimentary alphabet.
How has hieroglyphic effected the modern day alphabet?
symbols like the women and mens sign on washrooms are hieroglyphics. they help us know where to "go"
Is the hieroglypic the system of writing develop in Greece?
No, hieroglyphic writing is from Egypt, but the idea may have inspired Greece to invent the alphabet.
What made the Maya civilization unique?
They invented a number system including the number 0.
What was hieroglyphics replaced by?
Hieroglyphic script was used to record the Egyptian language until the fourth century A.D. After that time Egyptian (in the form now known as Coptic) was written in an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet, with extra letters added to represent sounds not present in Greek.
How many glyphs were there in the hieroglyphic alphabet?
There were over 5,000 glyphs used at some point or other during the history of hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, of which 700-800 were in common use during the classical Middle Egyptian period. Most Egyptian glyphs represented either whole words, ideas, or combinations of sounds, but a small number were used to write single consonants, and these constitute the so-called "hieroglyphic alphabet". Middle Egyptian had 24 or 25 separate consonant sounds (depending on whether one distinguishes the sounds transliterated 'z' and 's', which had been separate in Old Egyptian), and several of these had alternative glyphs, yielding an alphabet of 29 separate symbols. The "alphabet" used to write foreign names in inscriptions such as the Rosetta Stone consisted of this list plus symbols for 'o' and 'l', which were not written in native Egyptian words.
Do Egyptians write hieroglyphs horizontal or vertical?
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics can be written both vertically and horizontally. When written vertically, it is from top to bottom. When written horizontally, it can be both from left to right, or right to left. When reading hieroglyphs, you will need to pay attention to the facing of the hieroglyphic alphabet. Any faces, people or animals in the hieroglyphic alphabet will face the start of the sentence. For example, in the hieroglyph for the 'a' sound, if the eagle faces the left, then the sentence should be read from left to right.
