Editing Egyptian language (section)

===Egyptological pronunciation===
As a convention, Egyptologists make use of an "Egyptological pronunciation" in English: the consonants are given fixed values, and vowels are inserted according to essentially arbitrary rules. Two of these consonants known as alef and ayin are generally pronounced as the vowel {{IPA|/ɑː/}}. Yodh is pronounced {{IPA|/iː/}}, ''w'' {{IPA|/uː/}}. Between other consonants, {{IPA|/ɛ/}} is then inserted. Thus, for example, the Egyptian name [[Ramesses (Egyptian name)|Ramesses]] is most accurately transliterated as {{Wikt-lang|egy|rꜥ-ms-sw}} ("[[Ra]] is the one who bore him") and pronounced as {{IPA|/rɑmɛssu/}}.

In [[transcription (linguistics)|transcription]], {{angbr|a}}, {{angbr|i}}, and {{angbr|u}} all represent consonants. For example, the name [[Tutankhamun]] (1341–1323 BC) was written in Egyptian as {{Wikt-lang|egy|twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn}} ("living image of [[Amun]]"). Experts have assigned generic sounds to these values as a matter of convenience, which is an artificial pronunciation and should not be mistaken for how Egyptian was ever pronounced at any time. So although {{Transliteration|egy|twt-ꜥnḫ-ı͗mn}} is pronounced {{IPAc-en|t|uː|t|ən|ˈ|k|ɑː|m|ə|n}} in modern Egyptological pronunciation, in his lifetime, it was likely to be pronounced something like *{{IPA|sem|təˈwaːtəʔ ˈʕaːnəχ ʔaˈmaːnəʔ|}},<ref>{{cite book|last=Fecht|first=Gerhard|title=Wortakzent und Silbenstruktur: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der ägyptischen Sprache|publisher=J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt–Hamburg–New York|year=1960|section=§§ 112 A. 194, 254 A. 395}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Vergote|first=Jozef|title=Grammaire Copte|others=two vols|publisher=[[Peeters (publishing company)|Peters, Louvain]]|year=1973–1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Osing|first=J.|title=Die Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen|publisher=Deutsches archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo|year=1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Schenkel|first=W.|title=Zur Rekonstruktion deverbalen Nominalbildung des Ägyptischen|publisher=Harrasowitz|location=Wiesbaden|year=1983|pages=212, 214, 247}}</ref>{{sfn|Vycichl|1983|pp=10, 224, 250}}{{sfn|Vycichl|1990|p=215}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=June 2024}} transliterable as {{Transliteration|egy|təwā́təʾ-ʿā́nəkh-ʾamā́nəʾ}}.