Language/Egyptian-ancient/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Source: Visual charts of the Egyptian hieroglyphs translated into the English alphabet:

• http://www.egyptianhieroglyphs.net/egyptian-hieroglyphs/lesson-1/

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: Future Tense, Drinks.

The Alphabet

Hieroglyph	Transliteration	Description
𓄿	3	Vulture
𓇋	i, j	Reed leaf
𓇋𓇋	y	Double Reed Leaf
𓂝	ʿ	Arm
𓅱 𓏲	w	Quail chick, rope curl
𓃀	b	Foot
𓊪	p	Stool
𓆑	f	Horned viper
𓅓　𓐝	m	Owl
𓈖　𓋔	n	Water, red crown
𓂋	r	Mouth
𓉔	h	House plan
𓎛	ḥ	Rope
𓐍	ḫ	Unknown
𓄡	ẖ	Animal belly and tail
𓊃	z	Door bolt
𓋴	s	Folded cloth
𓈙	š	Pool
𓈎	q	Hill
𓎡	k	Basket with handle
𓎼	g	Stand for vessel
𓏏	t	Bread loaf
𓍿	ṯ	Tethering rope
𓂧	d	Hand
𓆓	ḏ	Cobra

Pronunciation

Pronunciation Examples

Glyph	Translit.	Pronunciation
𓄿	3	“ah” as in “yacht”
𓇋	i, j	“ee” as in “feet”
𓇋𓇋	y	“ee” as in “feet”
𓂝	ʿ	“ah” as in “yacht”
𓅱 𓏲	w	“oo” as in “blue”
𓃀	b	“b” as in “bed”
𓊪	p	“p” as in “pet”
𓆑	f	“f” as in “fish”
𓅓　𓐝	m	“m” as in “map”
𓈖　𓋔	n	“n” as in “neat”
𓂋	r	“r” as in “ready”

Pronunciation Examples

Glyph	Translit.	Pronunciation
𓉔	h	“h” as in “hat”
𓎛	ḥ	“h” as in “hat”
𓐍	ḫ	“kh” as in Bach
𓄡	ẖ	“kyah” similar to the preceding sound
𓊃	z	“s” as in “sand”
𓋴	s	“s” as in “sand”
𓈙	š	“sh” as in “fish”
𓈎	q	“k” as in “kite”
𓎡	k	“k” as in “kite”
𓎼	g	“g” as in “girl”
𓏏	t	“t” as in “tape”
𓍿	ṯ	“tch” as in “chart”
𓂧	d	“d” as in “dog”
𓆓	ḏ	“dj” as in “sledge”

Word	Transliteration	Pronunciation
𓄔𓅓	sḏm	sedjem
𓄔𓅓𓆑	sḏm.f	sedjemef
𓁹𓋴	ir.s	ires (ear-ess)
𓊹𓀭	nṯr	netcher
𓊹𓊹𓊹	nṯrw	netcheroo