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Catalogue of Egyptian uniliterals and hieroglyphs adopted by other alphabets
[edit](by Gardiner code)
| Code
|
Hieroglyph
|
Descended letters
|
| A2
|
|
Meroitic a
|
| A26
|
|
Meroitic i
|
| A28
|
|
Semitic he *
|
| D1
|
|
Semitic resh *
|
| D4
|
|
Semitic ayin *
|
| D10
|
|
Meroitic da
|
| D21
|
|
[orig. unilit. r]; Semitic pe *; Meroitic cha
|
| D36
|
|
[orig. unilit. c]; Semitic yodh * (+ Old Copt. ain in lig. )
|
| D37
|
|
part of Coptic ti in lig.
|
| D46
|
|
[orig. unilit. d]; Semitic kaph *
|
| D58
|
|
[orig. unilit. b]
|
| D279
|
(D279)
|
? Semitic shin *
|
| E11
|
|
Meroitic ba
|
| E23
|
|
Meroitic la
|
| F1
|
|
Semitic alef *; Meroitic o
|
| F16
|
|
? Meroitic to
|
| F18
|
|
part of Coptic hori in lig. *
|
| F32
|
|
[orig. unilit. kh]
|
| F37
|
|
Old Copt. oou
|
| G1
|
|
[orig. unilit. 3]; Old Copt. dja in lig.
|
| G17
|
|
[orig. unilit. m]; Meroitic ma
|
| G38
|
|
Meroitic ka
|
| G43
|
|
[orig. unilit. w]
|
| I9
|
|
[orig. unilit. f]; Coptic fei
|
| I10
|
|
[orig. unilit. j]; Semitic nun *
|
| M8
|
|
Meroitic sa; Coptic shei *
|
| M12
|
|
Coptic khei
|
| M17
|
|
[orig. unilit. i]; Meroitic i (+ Old Copt. alef)
|
| M17a
|
|
[orig. unilit. y]; Meroitic ya
|
| M22
|
|
? Semitic tsade
|
| M22a
|
|
Meroitic nya *
|
| N23
|
|
Meroitic se
|
| N24
|
|
Semitic heth [or O6 ? (Colless)]; Meroitic pa
|
| N29
|
|
[orig. unilit. q]; Meroitic qa (+ Old Copt. kapa)
|
| N35
|
|
[orig. unilit. n]; Semitic mem; * Meroitic na (+ Old Copt. ni)
|
| N36
|
|
? Meroitic ra
|
| N37
|
|
[orig. unilit. sh]
|
| O1
|
|
Semitic beth *
|
| O4
|
|
[orig. unilit. h]; Meroitic te (+ Old Copt. ha)
|
| O31
|
|
Semitic dalet *
|
| O34
|
|
[orig. unilit. z]
|
| O49
|
|
Semitic teth * [or F35 ? (Colless)]
|
| Q3
|
|
[orig. unilit. p]
|
| R11
|
|
Semitic samekh *
|
| S29
|
|
[orig. unilit. s]
|
| S39
|
|
Semitic lamed *
|
| T3
|
|
Semitic waw *
|
| T14
|
|
Semitic gimel *
|
| U7
|
|
? Semitic zayin *
|
| U28
|
|
Coptic janja (+ Old Copt. dja in lig. )
|
| V4
|
|
Meroitic wa *
|
| V13
|
|
[orig. unilit. ch]; Meroitic ta
|
| V24
|
|
Semitic qaf
|
| V28
|
|
[orig. unilit. ħ]; Old Copt. hat; possibly ? Semitic ghayn
|
| V31
|
|
[orig. unilit. k]; Coptic shima *
|
| V34
|
|
? S. Semitic tseppa
|
| W11
|
|
[orig. unilit. g]
|
| W24
|
|
Meroitic kha
|
| X1
|
|
[orig. unilit. t]; part of Coptic ti in lig.
|
| Y1
|
|
part of Coptic hori in lig. * (+ Old Copt. ain in lig. )
|
| Z4
|
|
[orig. unilit. y]
|
| Z7
|
|
[orig. unilit. w]
|
| Z9
|
|
Semitic taw *
|
| Aa1
|
|
[orig. unilit. ɣ] Old Copt. hei
|
The Old Nubian alphabet included a mix of letters derived from all 3 repertoires (marked with *)
A. Proto-Semitic repertoire
[edit](I. North Semitic glyph order:)
(II. Sabaean glyph order:)
(III. Ethiopic glyph order:)
B. Egyptian uniliteral repertoire
[edit]
Those glyphs written in like wise for both A and B, shewing also the accompanying change in sounds thereunto:
[edit]- In proto-Semitic: y, m, p, H, k, n
- In the Egyptian: c, n, r, H, d, j
C. Meroitic repertoire
[edit]Glyphs common to C and A:
[edit]Glyphs common to C and B:
[edit]Glyphs common to A, B, and C:
[edit]D. Coptic repertoire
[edit]Semitic, via Greek:
+ via Demotic:
Older, via Demotic:
E. Old Nubian repertoire
[edit]Semitic, via Greek:
+ via Coptic:
+ via Meroitic:
