Neo-Middle Egyptian

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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 ), Later Egyptian (Medio-Late Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Demotic, Coptic)

Translations

Neo-Middle Egyptian

French: égyptien de tradition
German: Neo-Mittelägyptisch n, Neomittelägyptisch n

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