Did Egyptian writing have vowels?

Actual Egyptian hieroglyphics has no vowels (pictures for them have been added here to help you with your translation). Also, unlike these simple hieroglyphs, each hieroglyph found in pyramids and tombs often symbolized more than one consonant.

Which ancient community was the first to add vowels from the alphabet?

Phoenician
Phoenician colonization allowed the script to be spread across the Mediterranean. In Greece, the script was modified to add the vowels, giving rise to the first true alphabet.

Why don’t Semitic languages have vowels in them?

There are no need for particular “theories”, because Semitic languages, which actually are related to Ancient Egyptian, also tend not to write down vowels. What does Google know about me?

Is there a theory for writing down vowels in Middle Egyptian?

Unfortunately, there are no native speakers of Middle Egyptian left to tell us what we are doing wrong. Yes. There are no need for particular “theories”, because Semitic languages, which actually are related to Ancient Egyptian, also tend not to write down vowels.

What happened to the hieroglyphic alphabet in Egypt?

Egyptian Hieroglyphic Alphabet – write your name like an Egyptian. In AD 391 the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I closed all pagan temples throughout the empire. This action terminated a four thousand year old tradition and the message of the ancient Egyptian language was lost for 1500 years.

Why don’t the letters of the Greek alphabet have vowels?

The letters of the Greek alphabet are the same as those of the Phoenician alphabet, and both alphabets are arranged in the same order. However, whereas separate letters for vowels would have actually hindered the legibility of Egyptian, Phoenician, or Hebrew, their absence was problematic for Greek, where vowels played a much more important role.