Egyptian triliteral signs
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Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the language
In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant (called uniliterals, the alphabetic signs), those that represented two, (called biliteral
) and those that represented three, (called triliteral).
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In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant (called uniliterals, the alphabetic signs), those that represented two, (called biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...
) and those that represented three, (called triliteral).
Common triliteral 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 biliteral signsEgyptian biliteral signsBiliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...
- List of hieroglyphs