Neo-Middle Egyptian
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German Neo-Mittelägyptisch.
Proper noun edit
- (linguistics, history) The form of Middle Egyptian archaizingly used as a literary language after the vernacular language had changed into Late Egyptian, and later Demotic and Coptic.
Usage notes edit
Though this term has some currency, the equivalent French term égyptien de tradition is more commonly used by English-speaking Egyptologists.
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (varieties of Egyptian) Egyptian; Earlier Egyptian (Archaic Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Classical Egyptian, Middle Egyptian [Late Middle Egyptian, Neo-Middle Egyptian]), Later Egyptian (Medio-Late Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Demotic, Coptic)
Translations edit
Neo-Middle Egyptian
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