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This table was produced by Geoff Graham. Any arguments should be taken up with him ;-).
The first column gives how the sound is written on the list, the second how you can find it in books. The third column gives the hieroglyph, with it's Gardiner reference in the fourth.
| 3 | indicates some kind of a gutteral sound or 'stop' |
| * | indicates a reconstructed word (so not actually found in texts) |
| _ _ | serve as " " or ' ' to avoid confusion with the ajin (') |
| / / | meaning something like "will likely have sounded like this" |
| ASCII | Transliteration | Hieroglyph | Gardiner |
| 3 (or A) | double apostrophe | {Egyptian vulture} | G1 |
| j (or i) | apostrophy-dotted-{i}[or {j}] | {reedstalk} | M17 |
| ` (or a) | inverted apostrophe | {arm} | D36 |
| w | {w} | {chick} | G43 |
| b | {b} | {foot} | D58 |
| p | {p} | {crate} | Q3 |
| f | {f} | {horned viper} | I9 |
| m | {m} | {owl} | G17 |
| n | {n} | {water} | N35 |
| r | {r} | {mouth} | D21 |
| h | {h} | {room plan} | O4 |
| H | dotted-{h} | {wick} | V28 |
| x | contact-lens-{h} | {shaded-circle} | Aa1 |
| X | underscore-{h} | {cow belly} | F32 |
| z | {z} [or {s}] | {door-bolt} | O34 |
| s | {s} [or {s}-grave] | {fold of cloth} | S29 |
| S | hacek-{s} a.k.a. "Esh" | {pool} | N37 |
| q | {q} [or dotted-{k}] | {hillock} | N29 |
| g | {g} | {potstand} | W11 |
| t | {t} | {loaf} | X1 |
| T | underscore-{t} | {tether} | V13 |
| d | {d} | {hand} | D46 |
| D | underscore-{d} | {cobra} | I10 |
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