Egyptian biliteral signs
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Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language. In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one value (called uniliterals, the alphabetic signs), those that represented two, (called biliteral) and those that represented three, (called triliteral
).
In the following list, aleph is transliterated
as , ayin as and yodh as .
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...
).
In the following list, aleph is transliterated
Transliteration of ancient Egyptian
In the field of Egyptology, transliteration is the process of converting texts written in the Egyptian language to alphabetic symbols representing uniliteral hieroglyphs or their hieratic and demotic counterparts...
as , ayin as and yodh as .
Common biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs
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See also
- Transliteration of ancient EgyptianTransliteration of ancient EgyptianIn the field of Egyptology, transliteration is the process of converting texts written in the Egyptian language to alphabetic symbols representing uniliteral hieroglyphs or their hieratic and demotic counterparts...
- Egyptian uniliteral signs
- Egyptian triliteral signsEgyptian triliteral signsTriliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...
- List of hieroglyphs