Neo-Middle Egyptian
English
Etymology
Calque of German Neo-Mittelägyptisch.
Proper noun
Neo-Middle Egyptian
- (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
Though this term has some currency, the equivalent French term égyptien de tradition is more commonly used by English-speaking Egyptologists.
Synonyms
- Traditional Egyptian
Coordinate terms
- (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
Neo-Middle Egyptian
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