Egyptian language
Egyptian | |||||||
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ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (Coptic) | |||||||
Region | Originally, throughout Ancient Egypt and parts of Nubia (especially during the times of the Nubian kingdoms)[2] | ||||||
Ethnicity | Ancient Egyptians, Copts | ||||||
Era | Late fourth millennium BC – 19th century AD[3] (with the extinction of Coptic); still used as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic churches | ||||||
Revival | Revitalisation efforts have been taking place since the 19th century[4] | ||||||
Afro-Asiatic
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Dialects | |||||||
hieroglyphs, cursive hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic and Coptic (later, occasionally, Arabic script in government translations and Latin script in scholars' transliterations and several hieroglyphic dictionaries[7]) | |||||||
Language codes | |||||||
ISO 639-2 | egy (also cop for Coptic) | ||||||
ISO 639-3 | egy (also cop for Coptic) | ||||||
Glottolog | egyp1246 | ||||||
Linguasphere | 11-AAA-a | ||||||
Ebers Papyrus detailing treatment of asthma |
The Egyptian language (Egyptian: