Hieroglyphics were used as a written language. Each of the symbols stood for a sound, unlike English, hieroglyphics were used phonetically.
If you click one of the links to the side you will be taken to a page with the relevant symbol, its equivelant English letter and examples of what it should sound like.
| Hieroglyph Symbol | Egyptian Letter(s) |
| A E O | |
| Long A | |
| B | |
| C K | |
| CH | |
| D | |
| Long E Y | |
| F V | |
| Soft G J | |
| Hard G | |
| H | |
| I Y | |
| L R | |
| M | |
| N | |
| OO U W | |
| P | |
| QU | |
| Soft S | |
| Sharp S Z | |
| SH | |
| T TH | |
| Long U X | |
| X | |
| S D M | |
| CZ | |
| SW | |
| DD | |
| MW | |
| PR | |
| KZ |