Re: [tied] Mother of all IE languages

--- 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').