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| | | [[Wikipedia:Egyptian_language|Ancient Egyptian]] ([[Wikipedia:Transliteration_of_Ancient_Egyptian#Uniliteral_signs|traditional transliteration]]) | ||
| | | Ḫḫ /x/ | ||
| | | The pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian changed much during the millennia it was spoken, and the exact pronunciation can't be known for sure,<ref name=egyptian_phonetics>See [[Wikipedia:Egyptian_language#Phonology|Egyptian language, Phonology]] at Wikipedia for information about the uncertainty of Egyptian phonology. According to the Wikipedia article [[Wikipedia:Transliteration_of_Ancient_Egyptian#Uniliteral_signs|Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian, Uniliteral signs]], Ḫḫ is a velar /x/, but [[Wikipedia:Egyptian_language#Consonants|Egyptian language, Consonants]], also at Wikipedia, claims it is a uvular /χ/.</ref> therefore the phonemic representation here might not be entirely accurate. | ||
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Revision as of 04:43, 16 February 2015
Note that the breve below may be confused with circumflex below ◌̭.
Breve Below in Unicode
| ◌̮ | Ḫ | ḫ |
| U+032E | U+1E2A | U+1E2B |
| Combining Breve Below | Latin Capital Letter H With Breve Below | Latin Small Letter H With Breve Below |
| Note: May be confused with Combining Inverted Breve Below, ◌̯ (U+032F). |
Breve Below in Natlangs
| Usage | Language | Letters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet extension | Ancient Egyptian (traditional transliteration) | Ḫḫ /x/ | The pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian changed much during the millennia it was spoken, and the exact pronunciation can't be known for sure,[1] therefore the phonemic representation here might not be entirely accurate. |
See Also
References
- ↑ See Egyptian language, Phonology at Wikipedia for information about the uncertainty of Egyptian phonology. According to the Wikipedia article Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian, Uniliteral signs, Ḫḫ is a velar /x/, but Egyptian language, Consonants, also at Wikipedia, claims it is a uvular /χ/.
