Neo-Middle Egyptian
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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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