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    What alphabets use mostly hieroglyphics?

    Question #41888. Asked by Hamlet.. (Dec 02 03 9:47 PM)


    simplesummer

    		Chinese Japanese Sanskrit

    Dec 02 03, 10:05 PM
    lothruin

    		I think that just because a language uses symbols that are not based on latin letters doesn't mean it is "hieroglyphic." To be truely hieroglyphic, the symbols must be pictoral, as in Egyptian writings. There is a little known form of Chinese hieroglyph, the worlds only TRUE hieroglyph still in use. It is a writing style used by Chinese priests in the Himalayas. Other ancient languages DID use hieroglyphcs, but is important to differentiate modern Chinese and Japanese, and other character languages, as they are not truely hieroglyphic.

    Dec 02 03, 10:43 PM
    stageball

    		The Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 letters. Each letter represents a phonetic sound, a pictoral hieroglyphic symbol, and a numerical value.

    Dec 03 03, 6:04 AM

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