Demotic Egyptian language
Period of the Egyptian language
| Demotiс Egyptian | |
|---|---|
| Demotic | |
| 𐦲𐧒 | |
| Pronunciation | [xɛm] |
| Date | c. 700 BC |
| Region | North Africa |
| Ethnicity | Ancient Egyptians |
| Extinct | c. 115 AD |
Language family | Afroasiatic
|
Early forms | Archaic Egyptian |
Writing system | Demotic script |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Roman Egypt |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | egy |
| ISO 639-3 | egy – inclusive codeIndividual code: cop – Greek Demotic |
| Glottolog | demo1234 Demotic Egyptian |
Demotiс Egyptian language was the state of the Egyptian language used since 650 BC up to approx. 450 year AC. in the New Kingdom of Egypt and Third Intermediate Period of Egypt. The formation and development of the demotika language as a separate language from the New Egyptian was strongly influenced by Aramaic and Ancient Greek.[1]
Monuments
Among the monuments of a new daily language literature, comparing to the previous stages of the Egyptian language comes fairy genre, a fable. These fables were intimately entwined with the mythology and narrated the adventures of the mythological character of the Egyptian religion. Leiden papyrus, dating I-II centuries BC, contains such fables.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Janet H. Johnson: Thus Wrote ’Onchsheshonqy – An Introductory Grammar of Demotic (Third Edition). Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 2000, ISBN 0-918986-76-1.
- Janet H. Johnson: The Demotic Verbal System, Janet H. Johnson. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 1976, ISBN 0-918986-02-8.
- R. S. Simpson: Demotic Grammar in the Ptolemaic Sacerdotal Decrees. Griffith Institute Monographs, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1996, ISBN 0-900416-65-3.
