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The Egyptian language or Ancient Egyptian (r n km.t) is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt.It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world following the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian scripts in the early 19th century.
- Archaic Egyptian
- Old Egyptian
- Middle Egyptian
- Late Egyptian
- Demotic Phase
- Coptic Phase
- The Modern Use of Ancient Egyptian Languages
The Archaic phase of the language consists of some of the earliest hieroglyphic writings such as those depicted on the Naqada II pottery. The phase is also made up of inscriptions from the Pre-dynastic period as well as those from the Early Dynastic period.
The phase lasted between 2600 BC and 2000 BC and is also known as the Old Kingdom language. The phase, which consists of the First intermediate period of the Kingdom, has its largest literature body written in the form of pyramid text. Tombs containing noble Egyptians from the time have autobiographical inscriptions on their walls in the alphabet a...
The Middle Egyptian phase lasted between 2000 BC and 1300 BC and is commonly described as the Classical phase of the language. The phase represented the complete stage of Ancient Egyptian due to its linguistic eloquence and the development of some of the greatest literary works in Ancient Egypt. Evidence of the phase includes hieratic and hieroglyp...
The late Egyptian phase lasted between 1300 BC and 700 BC. This phase began to appear in the previous period in around 1600 BC but did not fully develop up until 1300 BC. The phase coincided with the second phase of the new Kingdom which was also known as the Golden Age in the civilization of Ancient Egypt. The phase is evidenced by letters and doc...
The Demotic phase evolved from Late Egyptian and was used between the 7th century and the 5th century AD. The phase also consists of Egyptian script that had its roots in northern/Delta forms of hieratic. The Demotic script which is also known as the Enchorial Egyptian lasted over a millennium and was grouped into several developmental stages such ...
The Coptic phase is considered the last phase of the Ancient Egyptian language and lasted between the 4th and 14th centuries. Both the Greek and Demotic alphabet influenced the Coptic alphabet.
The use of Ancient Egyptian language still survives in the form of Coptic language which is used by the Coptic Church which has a handful of fluent speakers.
- Joseph Kiprop
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May 16, 2024 · Egyptian language, extinct language of the Nile valley whose ancient form is known especially for its logographic writing, known as hieroglyphics. It constitutes a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. The latest form of the language, Coptic, remains in ecclesiastical use among Christians in Egypt.
- James Hoch
It was used as a written and spoken language in the Lower Nile Valley and the Nile Delta by the ancient Egyptians. Though its latest form, Coptic, was gradually replaced by Arabic as a spoken language from the tenth century ad onward, it remains the liturgical language of the Coptic Church in modern Egypt.
Despite few exceptions black people were slaves and servants in Egypt. This is basically all that is known of African influence in the ancient Egypt, from Egyptian sources. Not a single mention of connection to the other side of the Sahara. Truth is that ancient Egyptian sources are scarce. Much of it has been lost.
- Samuli Juntunen
Aug 19, 2023 · The ancient Egyptian language is fascinating in its complexity and structure. It belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, which includes other languages spoken in North Africa and the Middle East.
This article provides a personal overview of the last 25-year linguistic research on ancient Egyptian, the language spoken and written in Egypt since the origin of the written Egyptian civilization (c. 3150 BC) until the disappearance of Coptic as a living language (17 th century AC), the longest-attested human language.
