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Does anyone know if there is a specific Demotic alphabet?

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ⲧⲁⲛⲓⲉⲗ ⲅⲓⲣⲅⲓⲥ: [Edit]
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?

Thanks

Admin:
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.

Andrew:

--- Quote from: ⲧⲁⲛⲓⲉⲗ ⲅⲓⲣⲅⲓⲥ on 23 January , 2020, 07:40:38 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?

Thanks

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