Were the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs a Semitic language?

No. One of the great achievements of the Semitic peoples, in this case the Phoenicians, was the creation of the alphabet. read more

The Coptic language is a branch of Afroasiatic languages All Semitic languages belong on another branch. The hieroglyphs are partly ideograms, but are also used phonetically, see Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia. read more

In the ancient Egyptian language, hieroglyphs were called medu netjer, ‘the gods’ words’ as it was believed that writing was an invention of the gods. The script was composed of three basic types of signs: logograms, representing words; phonograms, representing sounds; and determinatives, placed at the end of the word to help clarify its meaning. read more

The Egyptian language was spoken in ancient Egypt and was a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Its attestation stretches over an extraordinarily long time, from the Old Egyptian stage (mid-3rd millennium BC, Old Kingdom of Egypt). read more