NOTE: The first class on Thursday, Jan 15 is an Orientation class, and from then on, classes will be on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 10:00pm EST.
This 16-week introductory course to learning Medu Neter is an overview of the elaborate writing system of Mdu Ntr.
This course covers the sounds and writing which are the foundation upon which all aspects of the language are built. These elements are necessary to understand before beginning a formal study of the grammar. Most importantly, the written characters are the door to the culture that is embodied in the language of ancient Kemet.
Students will learn about the following: the picture writing, glyph sounds, the syllabary, idea signs or determinatives, vocabulary: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions word associations Introduction to the study and the meaning of words Writing practice Foundational Grammar includes some reading and speaking.
Orientation
Usage of Signs, Monoliterals, Square Principle
Determinatives, Graphic Transposition
Biliterals, Phonetic Complements, Determinatives
Triliterals, Phonetic Complements, Determinative
Phonograms used as Ideograms, Non-standard Spelling
Sonjedi Ankh Ra has been teaching Medu Neter (ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs) for over a decade and has been an instructor at the Institute of Kemetic Philology since 2019.
He has been a guest presenter at the Temple University's Pan-African Community Education Program (PASCEP), University of Delaware, and a member and presenter at the 2018 and 2019 conferences for the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC).
Sonjedi has studied Medu Neter under Ankh Mi Ra, author of Let the Ancestors Speak, Mfundishi Jhutyms ka n Heru, author of Kupigana Ngumi: Root Symbols of the Ntchru and Ancient Kmt, Spiritual Warriors are Healers, and Mentchu-Hotep and the Spirit of the Medjay, as well as Sebat Rkhty Amen. He is an initiate and Royal Scribe of the Temple of Anu in Newark, NJ. He has a background in Biology from Delaware State University, and the College of Health Sciences in San Antonio, TX.
