Earlier Egyptian

English

Proper noun

Earlier Egyptian

1. (linguistics, history) The phase of the Egyptian language characterized by a relatively synthetic typology, including Archaic Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Late Middle Egyptian, and Neo-Middle Egyptian, and contrasted against Later Egyptian.

Coordinate terms

• (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

Earlier Egyptian

• German: ältere Ägyptisch n