Egyptian language
Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt
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Summary
Egyptian language is a dead language[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dead language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,781 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Roman Egypt[3], Ancient Egypt[4], Egypt[5]
- Instance of: ancient language[6]
- Subclass of: Egyptian[7]
- Writing system: Egyptian hieroglyphs[8], Egyptian hieratic[9], Egyptian Demotic[10], Coptic script[11]
- Commons category: Egyptian language[12]
- Said to be the same as: Egyptian[13]
- Has part(s): Old Egyptian[14], Middle Egyptian[15], Late Egyptian[16], Demotic Egyptian[17], Egyptien de tradition[18], Coptic[19], Archaic Egyptian[20]
- Inception: 4000 BC[21]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1700[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Egyptian languages[23], Category:Ancient Egyptian language[24]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25]
- Native label: r n km.t[26], 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖[27]
- Different from: Egyptian Arabic[28], Egyptian[29], Old Egyptian[30], Egyptien de tradition[31]
- UNESCO language status: 6 extinct[32]
- Time period: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt[33], Late Period of ancient Egypt[34], Third Intermediate Period of Egypt[35], Old Kingdom of Egypt[36], New Kingdom of Egypt[37], Middle Kingdom of Egypt[38], First Intermediate Period of Egypt[39], Second Intermediate Period of Egypt[40], Greco-Roman Egypt[41]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/EGY[42]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[43], fusional language[44]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[45]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Egyptian-language films[46]
Why It Matters
Egyptian language has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]