Egyptian triliteral signs
- Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of three consonants in the language. In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant (called "uniliteral"), those that represented two consonants (called "billteral") and those that represented three consonants (triliteral).
Common triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs
ee also
*Transliteration of ancient Egyptian
*Egyptian uniliteral signs
*Egyptian biliteral signs
*List of hieroglyphs
External links
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/egyptian_trilat.htm Large list of triliteral Egyptian symbols]
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