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Parallels between Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters

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There are many nice parallels between Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters, although the ā€˜modern’ Chinese character has become less pictographic and we need to look at its form in the Oracle Bone Script.

A Finnish-Manchu cognate

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An interesting Finnish-Manchu cognate: the Finnish word hiiri ā€œmouseā€, from Proto-Uralic *Å”iŋere, is a cognate to the Manchu word singgeri ā€œmouseā€, from Proto-Tungusic: *siŋere.