Egyptian language family

E91783
Afroasiatic language branch language family

The Egyptian language family is an ancient branch of the Afroasiatic languages that includes the language of Pharaonic Egypt and its later stages such as Coptic.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Egyptian language 7
Egyptian languages 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language branch ⓘ
language family ⓘ
branchOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic language family
earliestAttested c. 3200 BCE ⓘ
glottologCode egyp1246 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature grammatical gender ⓘ
nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ
suffix conjugation in earlier stages ⓘ
hasPart Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
surface form: Archaic Egyptian

Coptic language ⓘ
Demotic script ⓘ
surface form: Demotic Egyptian

Egyptian language family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian language

Late Egyptian ⓘ
Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
surface form: Old Egyptian
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasStage Coptic language ⓘ
Demotic script ⓘ
surface form: Demotic Egyptian

Late Egyptian ⓘ
Middle Egyptian ⓘ
Old Egyptian ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
influenced Coptic liturgical tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Greek language ⓘ
isoFamilyCode egyp ⓘ
languageFamilyOf language of Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
lastLivingStage Coptic language ⓘ
notableText Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Coptic literature ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Bible

Pyramid Texts ⓘ
relatedTo Berber languages ⓘ
Chadic languages ⓘ
Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages

Omotic languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
spokenIn Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Nile Valley ⓘ
standardLiteraryStage Middle Egyptian ⓘ
status extinct as a spoken vernacular ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
timeDepth over 4000 years ⓘ
typology primarily Afroasiatic root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
usedAs liturgical language in Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
writingSystem Coptic script ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
demotic script ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Coptic language → finalStageOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Egyptian language family → hasPart → Egyptian language family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Afroasiatic languages → hasSubfamily → Egyptian language family ⓘ
Book of the Dead → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Userkaf → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Narmer → languageContext → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Satrapy of Egypt → languageUsed → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Ancient Egyptian → subclassOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Coptic language → subfamily → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian languages