LANGUAGE

Language of Egypt has spanned from ancient times until about the 14th century AD. The Egyptian language has a longer recorded history, almost 5000 years, than any other language. As in other Afro-Asiatic languages, words in Egyptian tend to be formed from roots typically consisting of three consonants; the basic meaning of the root is altered by different vowel patterns. Egyptian verbs, however, developed form and syntax that vary markedly from verbs in the other Afro-Asiatic subfamilies. On the basis of the existing literary evidence, the Egyptian language has been divided into five phases: Old Egyptian (before 3000 BC -C.2200 BC) was the language of the Early-Dynastic period through the Old Kingdom (0-6th dynasties). Middle Egyptian (beginning earlier, but dominant c.2000 bc-1300 bc), The Classical Egyptian literary language, is believed to reflect the speech of around 2200 bc. Middle Egyptian continued in use into the 18th Dynasty, and was even used in monumental inscriptions, as late as the 4th century B.C. Three forms of writing were developed by the Egyptians :hieroglyphics,hieratic,and demotic.

Written by -Mayra Gomez.

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