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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Egyptian language 39
Egyptian languages 2
Egyptian language family canonical 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 (42)

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

Afroasiatic languages → hasSubfamily → Egyptian language family ⓘ
Narmer → languageContext → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Coptic language → finalStageOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Coptic language → subfamily → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian languages
Userkaf → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Book of the Dead → language → 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
Ancient Egyptian → subclassOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Satrapy of Egypt → languageUsed → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Ancient Egyptian religion → languageOfRitual → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Demotic script → writingSystemOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
3rd Dynasty of Egypt → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Saite political renaissance → hasLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → languageUsed → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Second Dynasty of Egypt → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Psamtik III → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt → languageUsed → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Sekhemkare → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Huni → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Meresankh I → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Late Egyptian → partOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Bohairic Coptic → languageBranch → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian languages
Akhmimic Coptic → subdivisionOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Saite Egypt → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Fayyumic Coptic → subdivisionOf → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Sobekneferu → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Atripé → hasLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Ahmose I → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
13th Dynasty of Egypt → hasLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Abydos King List → writtenInLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Neferhetepes II → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → hasLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Tenth Dynasty of Egypt → languageUsed → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Menkauhor Kaiu → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Book of Coming Forth by Day → primaryLanguage → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Papyrus of Hunefer → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Great Hymn to Osiris → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
House of Teti → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language
Kushite queens → language → Egyptian language family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian language