Hieroglyphics translator
How it spells
Egyptian writing had about two dozen signs that each stood for one consonant, and this translator spells English with them, sound by sound. It doesn't translate meaning. Real inscriptions mixed these signs with others for syllables and whole words, and left the vowels out.
Where English has a letter Egyptian didn't, it takes the nearest sound, so C and K share the basket and E and I share the reed. CH, SH and KH have signs of their own and are spelled as one. A shared sign reads back as the letter English uses more (the basket as C, the reed as E, the chick as U), so a K or an I can come back changed. The signs are Unicode characters, so they paste as text wherever a font can draw them, and the picture works everywhere.
The signs
Numbered in Gardiner's sign list, the one Egyptologists use| Letter | Sign | Picture | Gardiner |
|---|---|---|---|
| ch | πΏ | tethering rope | V13 |
| sh | π | pool | N37 |
| kh | π | placenta | Aa1 |
| a | πΏ | Egyptian vulture | G1 |
| b | π | foot | D58 |
| c | π‘ | basket with handle | V31 |
| d | π§ | hand | D46 |
| e | π | flowering reed | M17 |
| f | π | horned viper | I9 |
| g | πΌ | jar stand | W11 |
| h | π | twisted flax | V28 |
| i | π | flowering reed | M17 |
| j | π | cobra | I10 |
| k | π‘ | basket with handle | V31 |
| l | π | recumbent lion | E23 |
| m | π | owl | G17 |
| n | π | water | N35 |
| o | π― | lasso | V4 |
| p | πͺ | stool | Q3 |
| q | π | sandy hill | N29 |
| r | π | mouth | D21 |
| s | π΄ | folded cloth | S29 |
| t | π | bread loaf | X1 |
| u | π ± | quail chick | G43 |
| v | π | horned viper | I9 |
| w | π ± | quail chick | G43 |
| x | π‘π΄ | basket and folded cloth | V31 + S29 |
| y | π | two reeds | M17a |
| z | π | door bolt | O34 |
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