I am Egyptian and I speak Arabic, this is very similar to how we transliterate foriegn names into Arabic, your name Melinda would be ملندا (mlnda) and we infer the vowels, although we have a system of vowel markers called "Tashkeel تشكيل" which indicate the vowels, your name would be مِلِنْدَا (milinda) , although some people would write your name ميليندا (Meeleenda), but I think that is wrong just like how Jane's name was initially written
This is because Ancient Egyptian was also an Afro-asiatic language. The Semitic languages are a subgroup of this family. I study Arabic and Egyptian is my favorite accent. بارك الله في مصر!
What makes you look really stupid rn is that it’s a fact that they didn’t use vowels in their language. But of course I don’t expect you to understand. Lmao
Only good thing about Coronavirus is that many of us can spend more time on our interests/passions. I've always been fascinated by Egypt and its hieroglyphics. Have tons of books on it, started self-studying years ago, and put it aside. I made bookmarks for students with their names sounded out in hieroglyphs (also had a stamp set to speed the process along) and was able to order a T-shirt for myself with my name sounded out -- good thing it was a reputable business and asked for not only spelling of my name, but also how it sounds, so it is authentic. So many interests and so little time is my only complaint. Thank you for this video refresher.
Thank you souch Melinda I have better understanding of the letters now ....I have just started my interest in ancient Egyptian letters and your guide makes it so much simpler thank you . Love from Bangladesh 🥰
Your attention to detail is very good. As a vocalist teacher, these are similar techniques I often show students. Consonants are tricky, vowels are all mouth shapes and hardly any tongue movement.
I was worried that you were just going to run down one of those 1-to-1 Substitution cyphers with select hieroglyphs as the symbols. I am pleasantly surprised that you have taken a better approach and been willing to provide a better explanation for how the hieroglyphs work and how they can be used.
My take on the name situation is that most of the names held today simply did not, and would not, exist in the Egyptian culture. Essentially, instead of making the hieroglyphics conform to our modern names, we need to wrap our heads around the fact that we have different names in ancient Egyptian.
Great Melinda. Perhaps it might clear up for many viewers. There is Old, Middle, and New Egyptian. I study Middle Egyptian, and the New is what's on the Rosetta Stone. They have the "lion" to represent L, as do the "noose" for o. They're both in Cleopatra and Ptolemy, so are New Egyptian, not Old or Middle. I love studying heiroglyphs, hope it helped clarify any queries. Thank you Melinda, great presentation.
Soo basically shorten the words as if you're texting, knowing the other person would pronounce the rest of the letters by default, those "after sounds" are not needed to be typed or written, GENIUS! It seems like even back then, their way of communication was not so different from us today after all.
Hi Melinda :) I’ve been watching Egyptian documentary and one of the videos, Joann Fletcher was reading the name of “Alexandria” the great on a stone. In my head, I had no clue how the those symbols spell out his name. So I came across your videos and was trying to see how it works and how to spell my name. By the end of your video, I don’t even know if my name would exist haha. Cause you said they don’t use vowels, and they don’t have the letter/sound of a V. I was wondering, how would you write my name? My name is “Vu” yep, just 2 letters lol. Pretty tricky right? Anyways, I’m not sure if you’ll ever see this message since you made this video over a year ago. I’m going to continue watching a few more videos and hope to learn how to spell my name lol. Thank you so much for making this video :)
Something I've wondered, is there a difference between the arm and vulture in terms of sound? Vulture is ah (or as you put, uh) but what of the foreharm?
how would you start a name if it begins with a vowel and not a consonant? for example my name is adam. without the first vowel wiuldnt people interpret it as "dam"? also is it common to assume the vowel is always "e" in heiroglyphs?
This is an amazing explanation that is very easy to follow! Hieroglyphs have always been fascinating to me and now I understand them just a teensy bit better. I already figured that all those name calculators out there would not be fully correct. Just seemed too easy for an ancient language, ya know? Heh. I was going to order one of those custom cartouches you are speaking of for a friend and then thought; 'Wait, but the Egyptians didn't use vowels! I better look into it first before I order a gift with an incorrectly spelled name.' (even if she wouldn't know it.) So I found your video and funnily enough my friend's name is Jane. So thanks a whole bunch for your help on that! :D I also looked into my own name which is Moniek. Purely using the alphabet I would get; owl - lasso - water - double reed - basket. Using only the sounds however I could take out all vowels and you're left with mnk (owl, water, basket - (seated woman). Since both the 'o' and 'ie' in my name are generally pronounced short (unlike the french version) I assume that's pretty much how you could write down my name. Correct me if I'm wrong hehe. ^_^'
Thanks so much! I’m glad to hear that this video was so helpful. You are correct about your name. If there’s no hint of a w or y sound with your vowels, I’d not try to represent them.
@@nunoluminari7390 I think you’re right. I also had my a necklace made in hieroglyphs straight out of Cairo and it came back with the same symbols but with another vulture at the end. 💕
I'm exploring an alternative interpretation which gives interesting results. Instead of S N B it actually reads as SE NO BER And the secondary meaning based on choice of symbol gives Establishes and keeps fair If he was a high ranking court offical this would fit quite well.
I wish you did an example for a name that starts with a vowel. I get that maybe the same rules apply but I just would've loved to see how you would navigate that.
I have not really found a glyph for the "uh" sound in English as in "up". And also just checking can the reed glyph be used for "i" as in the word "it" ?
3:11 this hieroglyph it's not quite correct: it's ok if you type it on a keyboard because computer does not allow to type vertically, but since you write it, the "I" sign had to be located in the split of the main symbol you wrote here.
Question: did Egyptian have a “TH” sound? Like in my name “Nathan” I have that N and A sound at the beginning, then the TH sound, and the final N. the second A is not really stressed, and I would be ok leaving it out. Any way, awesome video. Amazing job. Keep up the good work!
Great video! I just can't figure out what you would do when you have two different wovels together, kind of crucial to get the correct pronunciation of your name, when there's not really a symbol for them! Especially when it's such a short name... "Kian" but can only spell "Kn"? It would be pronounced "Keen" then? Wouldn't do...
Hi! Loved this video, I learned so much and it's very detailed. Here's my problem: I have a french name, GARANCE. So I would write it GRNC so pot mouth water cup seated woman. But how should I pronounce it? Thank you, and you have a new subscriber! ❤
The vulture makes a franco-german R (or arabic GH) in early and middle egyptian, but is unvoiced in later egyptian, only denoting a long A sound after it. Thus, Mrndᴣ could be vowelised as Marindᴣā, which in late egyptian would be pronounced [mæɾɪnt'ɑː] which sounds very close to the standard english pronunciation [mə'lɪndə]
If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t the direction of the hieroglyph determine which way it’s supposed to be read? Like with the mrnd3 example, since the determiner, vulture, hand, and owl are facing left, doesn’t that mean it should be read right to left making the determiner the beginning and the owl/mouth the end? I’m probably wrong, though.
I was taught by a Budge devotee that you followed the "line of sight" of the animals so if the animal was looking left you read left. Now I have seen videos from two egyptologists in two weeks that say you read TOWARDS the face not away from.
Can the name 'Lex' written as 'lion' + 'feather'+ 'cup&cloths'. It will be great of you are able to advise or is there any website that do translation accurately? Thanks
i think this incorrect, feather probably shouldn't be used for that low of an e sound, i think it shouldn't be written also, how is x 1 letter, shouldn't it be spelled out k+s?
Hello I'm from the Philippines. I just want to know how you read the "Two reeds - House - Lasso - quail chick"? Is there a noose symbol for W in Egyptian Hieroglyphs? Is there a bird symbol for eh sound?
Hi, I'm just beginning to learn heiroglyphs, but the "noose" or lasso is a biliteral (two-sound) sign, transliterated "w3" (sounds like "wah.") The sequence you describe sounds like it would be ypr.w3w, "ee-per-wah-oo," but I confess I don't know what that word means.
Melinda i i h V4 G1 YYHWaH . iN THE PHRASE " š3św yhw" . Which vowels would you choose specifically the egyptian alef? I am refering a Egyptian text, one dated to the period of Amenhotep III (14th century BCE) in Soleb, Sudan. I suppose the egyptian vulture is pronounced "ah" right?
At 6:40 i tried to guess the name and said out loud "ha, Miranda!". No, it was Melinda 😂 I'm getting the impression I have to learn words before learning the glyphs, am I right?
Hi there! Let me ask two questions please: 1)You said that ancient egyptian did not have vowels. So why there are some symbols (like the vulture) that represent a vowel? 2)If I'm not mistaken while I write not only my name but also any word I can either skip or put the vowels right?
Hi George, Great questions! There were no vowels, but we have a convention of pronouncing some of the weak consonants in Egyptian (aleph, ayin, w, and y) as if they were vowels, so you can use them in your name as vowels, if you like. It depends on how strict you want to be about doing it the way the ancient Egyptians would.
HI! Girl you are super amazing, thank you for making this easy to understand for those of us who need the extra help...unfourtunetly I cannot get the guide sent, When I click the get free guide it says its sent and I have sent it 3 times and waited 30 mins but nothing...Could you help me to get this info please and thank you
Probably krjw? A lot of reading and writing Egyptian did depend on that ability to "fill in the blanks," so an ancient Egyptian reading Heiroglyphs of a foreign or unfamiliar name really would just have to give it their best guess!
How cane I start a name with a long A at the beginning... my name is Amie. I’ve subscribed to your videos and watched the guide but it did not say how to spell a name starting with a long vowel at the beginning. I know that they did not have vowels, so I’m very curious as to how to portray this in a hieroglyph
To say the ancient Egyptians did not write vowels is an oversimplification in my opinion. I would write Amy (sorry if I misspelled it-I can’t see your post as I write) Vulture+double reed+ owl+ double reed. I favor the vulture over the arm because in modern Arabic the ayn/arm is only used in words with Semitic roots. I don’t know the origin of the name “Amy”, so would stick with the glottal stop/ vulture to start it.
Hey i had a question..so my name is basically "Aditi" (pronounced uh-di-teeh, the "t" is a more of a tuh sound cause there isnt a direct translation of the sound) so since there is no u or a sound in heiroglyphs would my name just be spelled with a d and t....?? Please help...😭
Hi! this is awesome! my name is Samuel Accorso so would i write them like this: SML KRS? or would i need to add a vulture for the "A"s? also how would the yoo sound in Samuel be written? Thanks!
In English when we start an utterance with a vowel, we automatically use a glottal stop/alef/vulture even if we are not aware of it. So starting a name like “Adam” with the vulture (my favorite) or arm is perfectly appropriate.
Hey, can I help? It's also my first day so, just my judgment: For M =Owl R=mouth 👄 T=loaf(half dissected circle ⭕from half horizontally) A =vulture (cause if don't add it you're name will be limited to t sound) And lastly the sitting down symbol of Lady to indicate your a female Hope it helps Editing: it will be MRTA because if A is not read between M and R it will not make that of a difference 😊
Hey! You are a Ancient Egyptian study person right? Can you write the alphabet in a video for me because I keep finding inaccurate images and I'm confused, can you do that please
This is something I loved watching becouse im really intrested in languages and that type of stuff, But I have a question, How can I get the Hieroglyph guide in the discription ?, becouse I couldnt find it
I am Egyptian and I speak Arabic, this is very similar to how we transliterate foriegn names into Arabic, your name Melinda would be ملندا (mlnda) and we infer the vowels, although we have a system of vowel markers called "Tashkeel تشكيل" which indicate the vowels, your name would be مِلِنْدَا (milinda) , although some people would write your name ميليندا (Meeleenda), but I think that is wrong just like how Jane's name was initially written
This is because Ancient Egyptian was also an Afro-asiatic language. The Semitic languages are a subgroup of this family. I study Arabic and Egyptian is my favorite accent.
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What makes you look really stupid rn is that it’s a fact that they didn’t use vowels in their language. But of course I don’t expect you to understand. Lmao
@@rhuanpereiramariaeobviously you’ve never heard of the Rosetta Stone. Lmfao what else can you make up? 😂
It’s called consonants you bafoon. Go back to school.
I've been looking for hieroglyph pronunciation guide and came across this video. Very clear and understandable explanation. Thank you very much!
Thank you!
Voices of Ancient Egypt, can you please verify if SMYWL AKRSO is the correct way to write my name?
Only good thing about Coronavirus is that many of us can spend more time on our interests/passions. I've always been fascinated by Egypt and its hieroglyphics. Have tons of books on it, started self-studying years ago, and put it aside. I made bookmarks for students with their names sounded out in hieroglyphs (also had a stamp set to speed the process along) and was able to order a T-shirt for myself with my name sounded out -- good thing it was a reputable business and asked for not only spelling of my name, but also how it sounds, so it is authentic.
So many interests and so little time is my only complaint. Thank you for this video refresher.
This was by far the best video to learn to write in hieroglyphs out of all Ive watched. Thank you so much for making it easy!!
That's an awesome work. You taught me a lot of my ancestors' mother tongue. Thank you.
Thank you! It means a lot to me to know that I helped you in that way.
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this is my first time learning and im really EXCITED RIGHT NOW :D
Hope you are because i am learning hieroglyphics in year 4
Thank you souch Melinda I have better understanding of the letters now ....I have just started my interest in ancient Egyptian letters and your guide makes it so much simpler thank you . Love from Bangladesh 🥰
Thank you for the kind comment! It means a lot that my videos and guide have been helpful for you!
Your attention to detail is very good. As a vocalist teacher, these are similar techniques I often show students. Consonants are tricky, vowels are all mouth shapes and hardly any tongue movement.
I was worried that you were just going to run down one of those 1-to-1 Substitution cyphers with select hieroglyphs as the symbols. I am pleasantly surprised that you have taken a better approach and been willing to provide a better explanation for how the hieroglyphs work and how they can be used.
My take on the name situation is that most of the names held today simply did not, and would not, exist in the Egyptian culture. Essentially, instead of making the hieroglyphics conform to our modern names, we need to wrap our heads around the fact that we have different names in ancient Egyptian.
So glad I found your sight! (Thanks Luigi Prada) I look forward to viewing all your videos! Thanks for what you do--Brad Francis
So glad to have you here, Brad! Luigi Prada is a wonderful scholar and person.
Great Melinda. Perhaps it might clear up for many viewers. There is Old, Middle, and New Egyptian. I study Middle Egyptian, and the New is what's on the Rosetta Stone. They have the "lion" to represent L, as do the "noose" for o. They're both in Cleopatra and Ptolemy, so are New Egyptian, not Old or Middle. I love studying heiroglyphs, hope it helped clarify any queries. Thank you Melinda, great presentation.
Soo basically shorten the words as if you're texting, knowing the other person would pronounce the rest of the letters by default, those "after sounds" are not needed to be typed or written, GENIUS! It seems like even back then, their way of communication was not so different from us today after all.
Yes!
Thank you. I’m Thai, my name in Thai is spelt without a vowel, and this explains a lot. It is literally spelt (Romanized) TRP.
Thank you so much for the free presentation and lectures! Love from Croatia!
Hi Melinda :) I’ve been watching Egyptian documentary and one of the videos, Joann Fletcher was reading the name of “Alexandria” the great on a stone. In my head, I had no clue how the those symbols spell out his name. So I came across your videos and was trying to see how it works and how to spell my name. By the end of your video, I don’t even know if my name would exist haha. Cause you said they don’t use vowels, and they don’t have the letter/sound of a V. I was wondering, how would you write my name? My name is “Vu” yep, just 2 letters lol. Pretty tricky right? Anyways, I’m not sure if you’ll ever see this message since you made this video over a year ago. I’m going to continue watching a few more videos and hope to learn how to spell my name lol. Thank you so much for making this video :)
The closest letter to V is F, so your name would bu FW (pronounced Foo) in hieroglyphs : the snake sign for the F and the chick sign for w/oo.
@@srob4313 and can you help me with mine?
Something I've wondered, is there a difference between the arm and vulture in terms of sound? Vulture is ah (or as you put, uh) but what of the foreharm?
Excellent tutorial. Thank you
Very clear and concise.
how would you start a name if it begins with a vowel and not a consonant? for example my name is adam. without the first vowel wiuldnt people interpret it as "dam"?
also is it common to assume the vowel is always "e" in heiroglyphs?
This is an amazing explanation that is very easy to follow! Hieroglyphs have always been fascinating to me and now I understand them just a teensy bit better. I already figured that all those name calculators out there would not be fully correct. Just seemed too easy for an ancient language, ya know? Heh. I was going to order one of those custom cartouches you are speaking of for a friend and then thought; 'Wait, but the Egyptians didn't use vowels! I better look into it first before I order a gift with an incorrectly spelled name.' (even if she wouldn't know it.)
So I found your video and funnily enough my friend's name is Jane. So thanks a whole bunch for your help on that! :D I also looked into my own name which is Moniek. Purely using the alphabet I would get; owl - lasso - water - double reed - basket. Using only the sounds however I could take out all vowels and you're left with mnk (owl, water, basket - (seated woman). Since both the 'o' and 'ie' in my name are generally pronounced short (unlike the french version) I assume that's pretty much how you could write down my name. Correct me if I'm wrong hehe. ^_^'
Thanks so much! I’m glad to hear that this video was so helpful.
You are correct about your name. If there’s no hint of a w or y sound with your vowels, I’d not try to represent them.
@@VoicesofAncientEgypt JYN option is best. The "ain" has no place in Jane. I'm a cushitic speaker so it was a breeze. Excellent channel.
I agree
I actually did my name by meaning in hieroglyphics using the Gardiner code
Hi have you heard of a book called Cymroglyohics, in which the welsh language is used to translate the hieroglyphs.
So for my name-:Alina pronounced Uh-lee-nuh. Would it be a vulture-reef-water-sitting lady? Lol a bit confused.
You forgot the Hieroglyph between vulture and reed, so maybe, it would be 𓄿𓃭𓈖𓁐 or 𓄿𓃭𓇋𓈖𓁐 CMIIW
@@nunoluminari7390 I think you’re right. I also had my a necklace made in hieroglyphs straight out of Cairo and it came back with the same symbols but with another vulture at the end. 💕
1:17 according to the academic egyptian by the end of your name you had to write also a determinator.
Surely for spelling Melinda you have several options for the L
A Lion, An Eye, The Moon etc.
Suprizing at the museum of natural history in NYC i have been to over 10 times they never mentioned this. Great Channel!
Thank you!!!It helped me and my class
3:02 there are voweles in egyption and you even used 3 of them up to this time line!
Cool I just got some stuff from Egypt didn’t know this thanks !
So glad you enjoyed it and learned from the video!
❤️ Keep makin more
I particularly enjoyed the penultimate example. 😁
Of course you did ;)
I'm exploring an alternative interpretation which gives interesting results.
Instead of S N B it actually reads as
SE NO BER
And the secondary meaning based on choice of symbol gives
Establishes and keeps fair
If he was a high ranking court offical this would fit quite well.
But for this there should be R on the end to indicate it has an R sound. My opinion just 😅
I wish you did an example for a name that starts with a vowel. I get that maybe the same rules apply but I just would've loved to see how you would navigate that.
You right you name without the vowl.
I have not really found a glyph for the "uh" sound in English as in "up". And also just checking can the reed glyph be used for "i" as in the word "it" ?
That's a glottal stop - the aleph/vulture: th-cam.com/video/VTMmpjLjEJ8/w-d-xo.html
@@VoicesofAncientEgypt Oh I see. I never associated the vulture with "uh" but "ah" specifically. Thanks for the reply!
Are there definitions for those verbs?
Free knowledge! I’ll take it. Gracias
From the top i already notices you have the feather representing an 'e' when the curator at the British museum says it's an 'i''
3:11 this hieroglyph it's not quite correct: it's ok if you type it on a keyboard because computer does not allow to type vertically, but since you write it, the "I" sign had to be located in the split of the main symbol you wrote here.
I wonder if I can also write any word instead of just names in hieroglyph script
My nama is kausar ini heroglyph =
𓎡𓅱𓋴𓂋 ( Kwsr) true or not?
The hieroglyphs are so small that I can't see what the last sign is. If it's an "r" (mouth), then it looks good.
So I'm wondering, what would be the difference between written Melinda and Miranda?
Hey! I’m looking to get a tattoo and I was wondering if I could pay for your expertise in writing and conducting hieroglyphs
But how about the names Miriam and Mariam? How they should be written?
"Jane" in the cartoushe, should it have the female symbol as well at the end?
Question: did Egyptian have a “TH” sound? Like in my name “Nathan” I have that N and A sound at the beginning, then the TH sound, and the final N. the second A is not really stressed, and I would be ok leaving it out.
Any way, awesome video. Amazing job. Keep up the good work!
I am looking for a hieroglyph for the Hebrew name "Adriel" though I suppose I should remove the E...?
Wat would the name (warren) be in hieroglyphics
Great video! I just can't figure out what you would do when you have two different wovels together, kind of crucial to get the correct pronunciation of your name, when there's not really a symbol for them! Especially when it's such a short name... "Kian" but can only spell "Kn"? It would be pronounced "Keen" then? Wouldn't do...
Still difficult for me to learn about words which are at instead of vowels
Thank you that is so helpful 😊😊
can't be that the glyphs used represent the sound that they made ?
Hi! Loved this video, I learned so much and it's very detailed. Here's my problem: I have a french name, GARANCE. So I would write it GRNC so pot mouth water cup seated woman. But how should I pronounce it? Thank you, and you have a new subscriber! ❤
What is the hieroglyphic for a voiceless uvular fricative?
The vulture makes a franco-german R (or arabic GH) in early and middle egyptian, but is unvoiced in later egyptian, only denoting a long A sound after it. Thus, Mrndᴣ could be vowelised as Marindᴣā, which in late egyptian would be pronounced [mæɾɪnt'ɑː] which sounds very close to the standard english pronunciation [mə'lɪndə]
Hey Melinda, as you said ancient Egyptians did not use vowels, my name is "Arav" , so if a persons name starts with A, then how will we write it?
you can use "𓂝" (the arm) as an approximant for the a sound.
If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t the direction of the hieroglyph determine which way it’s supposed to be read? Like with the mrnd3 example, since the determiner, vulture, hand, and owl are facing left, doesn’t that mean it should be read right to left making the determiner the beginning and the owl/mouth the end?
I’m probably wrong, though.
I was taught by a Budge devotee that you followed the "line of sight" of the animals so if the animal was looking left you read left.
Now I have seen videos from two egyptologists in two weeks that say you read TOWARDS the face not away from.
Can the name 'Lex' written as 'lion' + 'feather'+ 'cup&cloths'. It will be great of you are able to advise or is there any website that do translation accurately? Thanks
i think this incorrect, feather probably shouldn't be used for that low of an e sound, i think it shouldn't be written
also, how is x 1 letter, shouldn't it be spelled out k+s?
K + S is perfect for “X”. That’s how Alexander the Great spelled his name. With an initial “alef”, Egyptian vulture, by the way.
Hello I'm from the Philippines. I just want to know how you read the "Two reeds - House - Lasso - quail chick"?
Is there a noose symbol for W in Egyptian Hieroglyphs?
Is there a bird symbol for eh sound?
Hi, I'm just beginning to learn heiroglyphs, but the "noose" or lasso is a biliteral (two-sound) sign, transliterated "w3" (sounds like "wah.") The sequence you describe sounds like it would be ypr.w3w, "ee-per-wah-oo," but I confess I don't know what that word means.
Melinda i i h V4 G1 YYHWaH . iN THE PHRASE " š3św yhw" . Which vowels would you choose specifically the egyptian alef? I am refering a Egyptian text, one dated to the period of Amenhotep III (14th century BCE) in Soleb, Sudan. I suppose the egyptian vulture is pronounced "ah" right?
At 6:40 i tried to guess the name and said out loud "ha, Miranda!". No, it was Melinda 😂 I'm getting the impression I have to learn words before learning the glyphs, am I right?
I speak Arabic my name would be اماني we use letters that aren’t vowels (cause we don’t have vowels) to represent vowels so ي makes a y sound.
How to wrie sandra?
So how would you write “Ruthie”?
Great lesson ❤
I'm an artist and have a cartouche with my name in hieroglyphs which I'll often use on art works.
how to write pravin and isha....???both the names have so many vowels....please help..
Ancient egyptians wrote vowels in many words and names, check out "cleopatra"-"kleopadrat", "ptolemeus"-"ptolmyce", "elephant" - "abou", etc.
So as my name is Jason does that mean it would be written as jsn?
Could you read an entire mummy case side? That would be interesting. I'll apply for the guide you publish. Thank you.
What if your name is mostly vowels and there is only one constants in your name?
personally as an arabic speaker for names we put vowels using Harakaat or Tashkeel atleast if it's a foreign name it just easier for everyone
Hi there! Let me ask two questions please:
1)You said that ancient egyptian did not have vowels. So why there are some symbols (like the vulture) that represent a vowel?
2)If I'm not mistaken while I write not only my name but also any word I can either skip or put the vowels right?
Hi George,
Great questions! There were no vowels, but we have a convention of pronouncing some of the weak consonants in Egyptian (aleph, ayin, w, and y) as if they were vowels, so you can use them in your name as vowels, if you like. It depends on how strict you want to be about doing it the way the ancient Egyptians would.
HI! Girl you are super amazing, thank you for making this easy to understand for those of us who need the extra help...unfourtunetly I cannot get the guide sent, When I click the get free guide it says its sent and I have sent it 3 times and waited 30 mins but nothing...Could you help me to get this info please and thank you
I'm still confused, if there's no vowels, then how do they write names with gliding vowels like Cleo?
Probably krjw? A lot of reading and writing Egyptian did depend on that ability to "fill in the blanks," so an ancient Egyptian reading Heiroglyphs of a foreign or unfamiliar name really would just have to give it their best guess!
Where's the link
Thanks it’s a lot to learn but u tell it good!!!!!!!!😀👍
Great video! It was very informative. I have one question tho. If I have three n in my name do I just use them all, or can I just use two?
in english, "nn" is usually pronounced "n", so if there's "nn", then you can just put "n" because they make the same sound.
How cane I start a name with a long A at the beginning... my name is Amie. I’ve subscribed to your videos and watched the guide but it did not say how to spell a name starting with a long vowel at the beginning. I know that they did not have vowels, so I’m very curious as to how to portray this in a hieroglyph
Use the aleph
To say the ancient Egyptians did not write vowels is an oversimplification in my opinion. I would write Amy (sorry if I misspelled it-I can’t see your post as I write) Vulture+double reed+ owl+ double reed. I favor the vulture over the arm because in modern Arabic the ayn/arm is only used in words with Semitic roots. I don’t know the origin of the name “Amy”, so would stick with the glottal stop/ vulture to start it.
Hey i had a question..so my name is basically "Aditi" (pronounced uh-di-teeh, the "t" is a more of a tuh sound cause there isnt a direct translation of the sound) so since there is no u or a sound in heiroglyphs would my name just be spelled with a d and t....??
Please help...😭
Is there a voiced velar nasal in Egyptian Hieroglyphics like the 'ng' in 'sing' ? Sorry for my bad english.
What if a name has all vowels?
Hi! this is awesome! my name is Samuel Accorso so would i write them like this: SML KRS? or would i need to add a vulture for the "A"s? also how would the yoo sound in Samuel be written? Thanks!
In English when we start an utterance with a vowel, we automatically use a glottal stop/alef/vulture even if we are not aware of it. So starting a name like “Adam” with the vulture (my favorite) or arm is perfectly appropriate.
My name is Oliver. Not sure if i can add other letters to fill in the vouls. So will be it "Irbr" ????
I think a bird makes the O sound; my name starts with a vowel.
Wow good effort wallah , can you please you show me how to wirte shahd in hieroglyphs
I have trouble with name Marta, any idea?
Hey, can I help?
It's also my first day so, just my judgment:
For M =Owl
R=mouth 👄
T=loaf(half dissected circle ⭕from half horizontally)
A =vulture (cause if don't add it you're name will be limited to t sound)
And lastly the sitting down symbol of Lady to indicate your a female
Hope it helps
Editing: it will be MRTA
because if A is not read between M and R it will not make that of a difference 😊
Hey! You are a Ancient Egyptian study person right? Can you write the alphabet in a video for me because I keep finding inaccurate images and I'm confused, can you do that please
This is something I loved watching becouse im really intrested in languages and that type of stuff, But I have a question, How can I get the Hieroglyph guide in the discription ?, becouse I couldnt find it
Hi how can i write my initials in hieroglyphics
It would be nice if the western examples had long vowels so we could know what to do with those.
Is there a website i can use to generate my name. My name is Harlan for example. Please help lol.
how can I Write my in egyptian Hieroglyphic
This video helped me a lot. Thank you
Can someone help me translate the name Micayla?
What symbols makes the sound Allan?
I want to write my name Michael Stark
Can you help me plz ?
Thank you it helps me in school
What about "Cleopatra" hieroglyph? There is an " L" in the cartouche represented by a lion, and Ptolmys...? Is this the late period?
The lion hieroglyph starts to be used for "L" later, such as during the Ptolemaic Period, as you guessed :)
Mouth circle with lines hand seated man, foot tent, mouth lion, reed
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I really love this channel
Thanks so much! 🙌
good video keep it up👍