Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) Alphabet

Letter	Mtu Ntr	Represents	Sound	Explanation
A		vulture	a t, ba t, a bout, a cross	Use the vulture for the a sounds in words like at and bat or about and across
A		forearm	a ble, ma ke	Use the forearm for the a sound in words like able and make
B		foot	b oy, b all	Use the foot for the b sound in words like boy and ball
C	,	Basket, Hillside	c andy, c aramel	Use either the basket or the hillside for the hard c (k) sound in words like candy and caramel
C		folded cloth	nic e, c ent	Use the folded cloth for the soft c (s ) sound in words like nice and cent
CH		hobble rope	ch ur ch, ch oose	Use the hobble rope for the ch sound in words like church and choose
D		hand	d elta, d ime	Use the hand for the d sound in words like delta and dime
E		two reed leaves	ree d, rea d, Mary	Use the two reed leaves for the long e sound in words like reed, read, and Mary
E		vulture	ea rn, ov er, e lf, be t	Use the vulture for the e sound in words like earn and over or elf and bet
F		horned viper	f ar, f ort	Use the horned viper for the f sound in words like far and fort
G		pot stand	g irl, g o	Use the pot stand for the hard g sound in words like girl and go
G		cobra	G eorg e, g entle	Use the cobra for the soft g (j) sound in words like George and gentle
H		shelter rope	h it, wh o, wh y	Use either the shelter or the rope for the h sound in words like hit, who, why and behind
I		reed leaf	bi t, bi te	Use one reed leaf for both the short and long i sounds like in words bit and bite
J		cobra	j am, j inx	Use the cobra for the j sound in words like jam and jinx
K		basket hillside	C at, ba ck, Ch ris	Use either the basket or hillside for the k (hard c) sound in words like kite, cat, back, Chris, and school
L	or	open mouth lion	l ate, l oaf	Use the open mouth or lion for the l sound in words like late and loaf
M		owl	m ud, crum b	Use the owl for the m sound in words like mud and crumb
N		water	n ile, bon e	Use the water for the n sound in words like nile and bone
O		quail chick	moo n, hoo t, o pen, boa t, soo t, foo t	Use the quail chick for the o sound in words like moon and hoot, open and boat, or soot and foot
O		vulture	O liver, ho t, bou ght	Use the vulture for the o sounds in words like cot, Oliver, hot and bought
P		stool	p et, p ond	Use the stool for the p sound in words like pet and pond
PH		horned viper	F ax, ph one	Use the horned viper for the ph sound in words like fax, phone, and Phoenix
Q	+	basket + quail chick	qu een, qu ick	Combine the basket (k) and the quail chick (w) to make the qu (kw) sound in words like queen and quick
R		open mouth	r ain, cr own	Use the open mouth for the r sound in words like rain or crown
RA RE		the sun	drama, Barbara, ray, brave	Use the sun for the ra and re sounds in words like drama and Barbara or ray and brave
S		folded cloth	house, piece, cats	Use the folded cloth for the s (soft c) sounds in words like house, pieces and cats
SH		lake	sh ip, Sh ine, mach ine	Use the lake for the sh sound in words like ship, shine and machine
T		bread loaf	t ell, let	Use the bread loaf for the t sound in words like tell and let
TH		cow's belly	th rough, bo th	Use the cow's belly for the th sound in words like through and both
TH		(unknown)	th e, both er	Use this Mtu Ntr for the th sound found in words like the and bother
U		quail chick	cu t, gu ll, u tter, fu ll, pu ll	Use the quail chick for the u sound in words like cut, gull and utter or full and pull
U	+	reed leaf + quail chick	mu le, fue l	Combine one reed leaf and the quail chick to make the long u sound in words like mule and fuel
V		horned viper	v ideo, cov er	Use the horned viper for the v sound in words like video and cover
W		quail chick	w ind, cow, wh ere, wh at	Use the quail chick for the w sound in words like wind, cow, where and what
X	+	basket + folded cloth	ex tra, box, X avier,	combine the basket (k) and the folded cloth (s) to make the x (ks) sound in words like extra, box and Xavier
Y		reed leaf	y ellow, cray on	Use one reed leaf for the y sound in words like yellow, yankee, you and crayon
Y	or	Double reed leaf double strokes	Marry, easy	Use two reed leaves or double strokes for the y (long e) sound in words like Marry, easy and Yvonne
Z		door bolt	Z ebra, X erox, please, pieces, boys	Use the door bolt for the z sound in words like Zebra, Xerox, please, pieces, and boys

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Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) Alphabet

Letter

Mtu Ntr

Represents

Sound

Explanation