Ancient Egyptian

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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 (9)

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 (50)

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