Ancient Egyptian

E84877

Ancient Egyptian is the extinct language of ancient Egypt, known from hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts and regarded as one of the earliest recorded written languages in human history.

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Generate an image of Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian is the extinct language of ancient Egypt, known from hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts and regarded as one of the earliest recorded written languages in human history.)

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
decipheredWith Rosetta Stone ⓘ
deciphermentContributor Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
earliestAttestation Naqada III period ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
era c. 4th millennium BCE – early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
followedBy Coptic language ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Afroasiatic language ⓘ
hasFeature grammatical gender ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (VSO) ⓘ
hasWritingStage Coptic ⓘ
Demotic Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Demotic script

Late Egyptian ⓘ
Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Middle Egyptian
influenced Coptic language ⓘ
Egyptian Arabic vocabulary ⓘ
ISO639-3 egy ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Egyptian ⓘ
notableText Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Instruction of Ptahhotep ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
Rosetta Stone inscription ⓘ
linked to: Rosetta Stone

Story of Sinuhe ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Sinuhe
regardedAs one of the earliest recorded written languages ⓘ
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
scriptType consonantal abjad ⓘ
logoconsonantal ⓘ
spokenIn Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
standardLiteraryStage Middle Egyptian ⓘ
status no native speakers ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Egyptian language ⓘ
usedAs classical language of ancient Egypt ⓘ
liturgical language in later periods ⓘ
usedBy ancient Egyptian priesthood ⓘ
ancient Egyptian scribes ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
funerary texts ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn legal documents ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
temple inscriptions ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
writingMaterial ostraca ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wooden tablets ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
demotic script ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (119)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afroasiatic languages → hasAncientMember → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Ineb-hedj → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Menkaure → languageOfCourt → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Sneferu → languageOfInscriptions → Old Egyptian ⓘ
subject linked to: Pharaoh Sneferu
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Nile Valley → languageHistoricallySpoken → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt → languageUsed → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom of Egypt → languageUsed → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian hieroglyphs → languageWritten → Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
First Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasLanguage → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Amarna letters → secondaryLanguageElements → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian language family → hasPart → Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian language family → hasPart → Archaic Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Swenett → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Rosetta Stone → language → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Thebaid → language → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Ta-Shema → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
nꜥr-mr → language → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Son of Ra → language → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Shepseskaf → nativeLanguage → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Henutsen → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Aha → language → Old Egyptian (early stage) ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Den → languageOfInscriptions → Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Djer → language → Egyptian (Early Dynastic) ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt → languageUsed → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt → languageUsed → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Nectanebo II → nativeLanguage → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Per-Bast → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Akhmimic Coptic → languageBranch → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Sahidic Coptic → languageFamily → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Persenet → languageSpoken → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Turin King List → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Middle Egyptian → follows → Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Unas → languageOfInscriptions → Old Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Baka → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Nikaudjre → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Udjebten → languageOfInscriptions → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Giza plateau inscriptions → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Neferefre → language → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Behdet → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Iput I → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Ankhesenpepi II → language → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Meretnebty (probable) → nameLanguage → Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Merneptah → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Djedefhor → languageOfWorkOrName → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
The Hidden One → language → Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
Menkheperre → language → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Swenet → languageOfName → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
KV14 → hasLanguageOfInscriptions → Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Ahkmenrah → languageSpoken → Ancient Egyptian (implied) ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian