Late Egyptian

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Late Egyptian is a later stage of the ancient Egyptian language that served as a linguistic bridge between Middle Egyptian and the Coptic language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Late Egyptian canonical 22

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language variety ⓘ
stage of the Egyptian language ⓘ
approximateEndDate c. 700 BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate c. 1350 BCE ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
developedFrom Middle Egyptian ⓘ
documentedIn Papyrus Anastasi I ⓘ
Papyrus Anastasi II ⓘ
Papyrus Anastasi III ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus Anastasi II

Papyrus Anastasi IV ⓘ
The Contendings of Horus and Seth ⓘ
The Report of Wenamun ⓘ
The Tale of the Two Brothers ⓘ
era Ramesside period ⓘ
follows Middle Egyptian ⓘ
hasCaseSystem reduced nominal case distinctions ⓘ
hasFeature changes in demonstratives ⓘ
changes in pronoun system ⓘ
increased use of analytic verb forms ⓘ
phonological developments toward Coptic ⓘ
significant grammatical changes from Middle Egyptian ⓘ
hasWordOrder tendency toward verb–subject–object ⓘ
influenced Coptic language ⓘ
Demotic Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Demotic script
ISO639-3 egy ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Egyptian ⓘ
partOf Egyptian language ⓘ
precedes Coptic language ⓘ
Demotic Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Demotic script
region Nile Valley ⓘ
role administrative language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
vernacular language of the New Kingdom ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
standardizedDuring 19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
transitionRole linguistic bridge between Middle Egyptian and Coptic ⓘ
usedAlongside Middle Egyptian (as a classical written language) ⓘ
linked to: Middle Egyptian
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
writingSystem Egyptian hieratic script ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Coptic language → historicalPeriod → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Coptic language → developedFrom → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs → languageWritten → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian language family → hasPart → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Egyptian language family → hasStage → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → hasWritingStage → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Saite Dynasty → language → Late Egyptian ⓘ
20th Dynasty of Egypt → language → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Bohairic Coptic → developedFrom → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Fayyumic Coptic → developedFrom → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Panopolis region → languageUsed → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Middle Egyptian → precedes → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Setnakhte → languageOfInscriptions → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Iron Age Egypt → language → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Necho I → motherTongue → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Papyrus Anastasi II → writtenInLanguage → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Papyrus Anastasi IV → writtenInLanguage → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Mesokemic Coptic → ancestor → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Fayyumic dialect → developedFrom → Late Egyptian ⓘ
Coptic Egypt → hasLanguageAncestor → Late Egyptian ⓘ