Re: [tied] Mother of all IE languages

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 27933
Date: 2003-12-03

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:22:22 +0000, "S.Kalyanaraman"
<kalyan97@...>> wrote:
>
> >The main difference between Egyptian > >Hieroglyphs and Sarasvati
Hieroglyphs is that the former are > >representations of syllables
while the latter are representations > >(rebus) of words
>
> Egyptian hieroglyphs are not syllabic.
>
> Egyptian writing is a mixed system, consisting of logograms,
determinatives> and phonograms. The phonograms never denote
syllables, but only a single> consonant or a group of consonants.

That's right, Miguel. Thanks for the correction. I should be more
careful on use of terms. (I had in mind samyukta_ks.ara -- conjuct
consonants -- when I used the term 'syllable').