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23 January , 2020, 07:40:38 PM
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I was looking for a list of Demotic letters and the letters they correspond to in Coptic. Does anyone know where I can find one?

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28 January , 2020, 05:36:13 PM
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Re: Does anyone know if there is a specific Demotic alphabet?
« Reply #1 on: 28 January , 2020, 05:36:13 PM »
Demotic is using the hieroglyphic writing system. Unlike English for example where there is a letter for each sound (i.e alphabet), Egyptian writing system had some symbols that represent one sound (like English), other symbols that represent two sounds and others that represent 3 sounds and others (called determinative), didn't represent any sound at all but rather gives you a clue what the word means.
You might find demotic symbols that represent most of the Coptic alphabet  (except some vowels) but that's not the whole writing system.

Anyway, I found many tables for you that show some of the demotic letters and their pronunciation. since I can't verify accuracy of any of the results, I will give you link to search result so you can take what you feel is correct.


12 May , 2020, 04:35:19 PM
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Re: Does anyone know if there is a specific Demotic alphabet?
« Reply #2 on: 12 May , 2020, 04:35:19 PM »
I was looking for a list of Demotic letters and the letters they correspond to in Coptic. Does anyone know where I can find one?

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https://omniglot.com/writing/egyptian_demotic.htm



 

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