Lepsius Standard Alphabet
Transcription system developed by Lepsius for Egyptian hieroglyphs and other African languages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Standard Alphabet is a Latin-script alphabet developed by Karl Richard Lepsius. Lepsius initially used it to transcribe Egyptian hieroglyphs in his Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien[1] and extended it to write African languages, published in 1853,[citation needed] 1854[2] and 1855,[3] and in a revised edition in 1863.[4] The alphabet was comprehensive but was not used much as it contained a lot of diacritic marks and was difficult to read and typeset at that time. It was, however, influential in later projects such as Ellis's Paleotype, and diacritics such as the acute accent for palatalization, under-dot for retroflex, underline for Arabic emphatics, and the click letters continue in modern use.
Lepsius Standard Alphabet | |
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Script type | alphabet
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Creator | Karl Richard Lepsius |
Published | 1849
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Time period | late 19th century |
Languages | Egyptian language, languages of Africa |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | Paleotype |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |