The Hieroglyphic Phonetic Alphabet
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Symbol |
Meaning |
English Sound |
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vulture |
short A, as in cat |
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forearm |
long A, as in table |
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leg |
hard B, as in big |
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basket, hillside |
hard C (K), as in call |
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hobble rope |
CH, as in children |
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hand |
hard D, as in dog |
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two reed leaves |
long E, as in lead |
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vulture |
short E, as in met |
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horned viper |
F, as in flower |
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pot stand |
hard G, as in gap |
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cobra |
soft G, as in generous |
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shelter, rope |
H, as in he, who |
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reed leaf |
short & long I, as in
him, I'm |
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cobra |
J, as in jelly |
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basket, hillside |
hard C or K, as in kind,
Christmas, lack |
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mouth |
L, as in lisp, linger |
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owl |
M, as in milk, dumb |
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water |
N, as in none |
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quail chick |
long O, as in lose, moon |
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vulture |
short O, as in brought,
got |
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stool |
P, as in pretty |
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horned viper |
PH, as in pharaoh |
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basket + quail |
Q, as in queen |
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mouth |
R, as in red |
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folded linen |
S, (soft C), as in silly,
peace |
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lake |
SH, as in shilling |
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loaf of bread |
T, as in talk |
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cow belly |
soft TH, as in moth |
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(not known) |
hard TH, as in there |
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quail chick |
short U, as in lull |
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reed + quail |
long U, as in rule |
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horned viper |
V, as in villain |
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quail chick |
W, as in will, where, when |
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basket + linen |
X, as in fox |
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reed leaf |
short Y, as in yes |
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two reed leaves |
long Y, as in tarry |
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door fastening |
Z sound, as in xylophone,
zany |