Ancient Egyptian Hyroglifics

As almost every person in the world knows, the Egyptians in ancient times used Hyroglifics as their alphabet. Hyroglifics are a series of pitcures used to make a word, sentence, or a story. There are many different English alphabet to Egyptian Hyroglifics online.

Here is a very simple one that can get you started.

















Confusing yet? If you don't think so, then just wait until you hear the rules of the alphabet. Here are some little things you should keep in mind.

Silent letters should probably not be written. And, of course, some sounds were not part of Egyptian, like the English "v" (German "w") or the soft French "j" in Jacques. In such cases, choose something close.

A: There were three A sounds, all of them pronounced roughly as "ah" (with some guttural aspects). The first A shown here is the traditional one nowadays.

C: There was no C as such. So I have shown two signs for C, the K and the S. Choose the one that best fits your name. That is authentic, as Egyptian scribes went by the sounds of foreign words, when assigning Egyptian letters to them.

E: E's were normally not written. I show the letter I. Apparently Cleopatra spelled her name with an I (KLIOPADRA), when she wasn't spelling it in Greek, her native language. A name like Fred should probably be FRD, as the English short "e" was not written in Egyptian.

H: There are two H's. The first one here is the most popular one nowadays.

J: This is the hard English J (DJ). So a German J (Y sound in English) or Spanish J (H sound in English) should probably use the more appropriate Y or H, as being more authentic.

L: There was no L in Egyptian. But Egyptian scribes used the lion (lying down), which was a form of R, for the foreign L.

O: O was normally not written. But Egyptian scribes used the piece of rope shown above, which was a form of W, for the foreign O.

V: There was no V; so F is the best I can do, sorry.

X: X is two letters, KS.

Z: In early times, Z was distinct from S. So its use here is fairly authentic.

SH: English sh, German sch.

OO: Use the U/W sign.

CH English ch, German tsch.

KH: As in German ach or Scottish loch.


With this info, see what you can write in Hyroflifics. Tell me what you can do!!!