Alphabet for the Glossary..


1.	/	a	11.	/	l
* 2.	{ //	e	12.	ρ, g	ḥ, ḫ Phonetic symbols representing deep or guttural "h" sounds.
	{ 2), \|, <\	’, ’, c Symbols for various glottal stops and the sound 'ayin' (a voiced pharyngeal fricative).	13.	6, b	ẖ A soft "kh" sound, similar to the German "ich."
3.	///	y	14.	q, y, <\	s
4.	3, ρ	w	15.	λ, 3	š Pronounced like the English "sh."
5.	4, lh	b	16.	σ, w, v	k, g
6.	µ, 2	p	17.	<	q
7.	y	f	18.	<, S	t
8.	3	m	19.	//	θ A "th" sound.
9.	d, —	n	20.	\|+	z
10.	/	r

* As initial letters these two sub-groups have been kept distinct . Elsewhere no distinction has been maintained in the order of their arrangement .

Note.—Each word has been numbered for convenience of reference.

Feminine words with final <t The letter 't' was a grammatical marker for feminine nouns in Egyptian; by this period, it was often silent in speech. are entered without regard to the <t .

Compounds are entered immediately after the first component of the word.

All forms of the definite article will be found under µ p, of the demonstrative under µ py, and so forth.

All figures following a V. original: "Verso". Refers to the back side of the papyrus sheet. in the same line refer to the Verso.

Coptic words are quoted in the order SahidicThe dialect of the Coptic language used in southern (Upper) Egypt. : BohairicThe dialect of the Coptic language from the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt)..

"pap. Ryl." refers to a forthcoming publication of the Catalogue of the John Rylands Demotic Papyri by F.Ll. Griffith.