Re:Cherokee Syllabary
by wl on Monday July 01, 2019 @08:52PM
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> ancient Egyptian in that he tried to create a different symbol for each word
This is not how Egyptian hieroglyphs worked.
An common example
𓉐𓂋𓂻 - pr (v) - to leave
𓉐 is a house. It represents, here, the sound pr, which is the Egyptian word for house.
𓂋 is a mouth. It represents the r sound. Here, it's being used as a phonetic complement to emphasize that we're spelling a word here and not talking about a house.
𓂻 is a pair of legs. It's being used as a determinative to tell you the word has something to do with walking.
This is not how Egyptian hieroglyphs worked.
An common example
𓉐𓂋𓂻 - pr (v) - to leave
𓉐 is a house. It represents, here, the sound pr, which is the Egyptian word for house.
𓂋 is a mouth. It represents the r sound. Here, it's being used as a phonetic complement to emphasize that we're spelling a word here and not talking about a house.
𓂻 is a pair of legs. It's being used as a determinative to tell you the word has something to do with walking.