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how do translators decide on ancient Egyptian vowels? Is it random?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [qb] I see it's complicated and speculative [/qb][/QUOTE]There is a speculative aspect but fortunately we have modern Coptic which is a direct descendant of ancient Egyptian language. In Afroasiatic languages, vowels tend to be the more stable and conservative than compared to other languages due to the change in meanings with different consonant roots. That said, there may have been dialectal variation as seen in Semitic languages where certain vowels can be interchanged especially based on dialect. For example o and u and e and i. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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