Demotic Egyptian language

This article is about the language. For the writing system, see Demotic Egyptian script.
Demotiс Egyptian
Demotic
Datec. 700 BC
RegionNorth Africa
EthnicityAncient Egyptians
Extinct5th century
Afroasiatic
Early forms
Demotic script
Official status
Official language in
Roman Egypt
Language codes
ISO 639-2egy
ISO 639-3egy
Glottologdemo1234  Demotic Egyptian
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Demotiс Egyptian language was the state of the Egyptian language from the seventh century BC to the fifth century AD. The formation and development of the Demotic language as a separate language from New Egyptian was strongly influenced by Aramaic and Ancient Greek.

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