Middle Egyptian

E243052
Afroasiatic language variety stage of language

Middle Egyptian is the classical phase of the ancient Egyptian language, used as a literary and administrative standard and written primarily in hieroglyphic script.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Middle Egyptian canonical 18
Egyptian (administrative) 1
Middle Egyptian (as a classical written language) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language variety ⓘ
stage of language ⓘ
alsoUsedAfterSpokenPhase yes ⓘ
approximateEndDate c. 1350 BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate c. 2000 BCE ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
follows Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
surface form: Old Egyptian
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
hasNumber dual ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasTransliterationSystem Egyptological transliteration ⓘ
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ
hasWritingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
influenced Coptic language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code egy ⓘ
languageBranch Egyptian ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
notableText The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
Instruction of Ptahhotep ⓘ
surface form: The Instruction of Ptahhotep

The Tale of Sinuhe ⓘ
surface form: The Story of Sinuhe
partOf Egyptian language ⓘ
precedes Late Egyptian ⓘ
region Nile Valley ⓘ
role classical phase of Egyptian ⓘ
classical written language of Ancient Egypt ⓘ
scriptType consonantal writing system ⓘ
studiedBy Egyptologists ⓘ
subfamilyOf Egyptian language ⓘ
taughtIn Egyptology ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
usedAs administrative standard ⓘ
literary standard ⓘ
usedBy ancient Egyptians ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
funerary texts ⓘ
literary compositions ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ
usedIn Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
usesMorphologyType root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Egyptian hieroglyphs → languageWritten → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Coffin Texts → primaryLanguage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Egyptian language
Egyptian language family → hasPart → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian language family → hasStage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian language family → standardLiteraryStage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → hasWritingStage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian → hasWritingStage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → standardLiteraryStage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Westcar Papyrus → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
11th Dynasty of Egypt → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Late Egyptian → follows → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Late Egyptian → developedFrom → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Late Egyptian → usedAlongside → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Egyptian (as a classical written language)
The Eloquent Peasant → originalLanguage → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
12th Dynasty of Egypt → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Senusret I → languageOfInscriptions → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Senusret III → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Amenemhat II → languageOfInscriptions → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Spell 125 → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Avaris → language → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian (administrative)
Setnakhte → languageOfInscriptions → Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian mathematics → languageOfSources → Middle Egyptian ⓘ