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In what way are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs like letters in the English alphabet?
Hieroglyphs represent sounds.
Hieroglyphs are used in other languages.
Hieroglyphs convey meaning through pictures.
Hieroglyphs have vowels and consonants.
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Hieroglyphs represent sounds.
They function like letters because many hieroglyphs are phonograms that stand for sounds (mostly consonants). The others are incorrect for this comparison: hieroglyphs do often convey meaning as pictures (ideograms), they were used mainly for Egyptian (not other languages), and the script generally did not write vowels the way English does.
They function like letters because many hieroglyphs are phonograms that stand for sounds (mostly consonants). The others are incorrect for this comparison: hieroglyphs do often convey meaning as pictures (ideograms), they were used mainly for Egyptian (not other languages), and the script generally did not write vowels the way English does.
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