AramediA Group, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, Arabic language, Arabic software, Islamic multimedia, Educational Software, Learn Arabic, Translation, Localization, Microsoft Arabic Windows, Word Processor, page maker, desktop publisher.

Egyptian Hieroglyphs Made Easy

Introduction Signs Lessons Writing Print: Help Menu

The hieroglyphic script was the longest lived and earliest form of the Egyptian language. Its use was limited primarily to religious and monumental inscriptions, whereas a more cursive script called hieratic was preferred for administrative and epistolary purposes. Hieroglyphic Egyptian employs pictures of objects, each with its own value, to form a complex system in which some signs represent Hieroglyphic Signs sounds (phonetic signs), and others represent meaning (logograms).

All hieroglyphic signs can be divided into five basic types: Consonants or Monoliteral Signs, Bi-Consonant or Biliteral Signs, Tri-Consonants or Triliterals Signs, Logograms, and Determinatives.

Monoliteral signs represent a single consonant like "b" or "p."

Biliteral signs stand for two consonants like "ms," "km" or "kp."

Triliteral signs stand for three consonant like "nfr" or "wsr."

Logograms are signs that represent concepts or entire words, such as "pr" meaning "house."

Determinatives are signs that serve to classify the word according to type, like birds, people, gods, things involving the mouth, things made of wood, etc. Determinatives appear either before or at the end of words.

Remember Egyptian Hieroglyphs Made Easy is IBM/PC compatible only. The system requirements are:

Minimum Recommended

486-100 (Win95 only) Pentium 100 or faster (Win95/98/NT4/2000/ME)
16 MB RAM 32 MB RAM or more recommended for Win98/NT4/2000/ME
VGA graphics card capable of 800 x 600 16-bit
4X CD-ROM 8X CD-ROM or faster

Learning Arabic	Rosetta Stone Arabic	Visit our Software Center
For non-native beginners who, apart from the Arabic alphabet, know very little or no Arabic. Second generation Arabs who have been exposed to Arabic in an informal setting, but have never studied the language in a formal style. Moslems who are familiar with the Arabic script, through the Holy Koran, and are interested in learning the Arabic language		Join AramediA's Mailing List for the Latest Arabic Software News & Updates AramediA's Mailing List Members Qualify for Discount on Arabic Software Enter Your email Address: