Egyptian language

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt
Intangible dead_language Q50868
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Egyptian language

Summary

Egyptian language is a dead language[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Egyptian language is in the country of Roman Egypt[3].
  • Egyptian language is in the country of Ancient Egypt[4].
  • Egyptian language is in the country of Egypt[5].
  • Egyptian language's instance of is recorded as dead language[6].
  • Egyptian language's instance of is recorded as ancient language[7].
  • Egyptian language is a type of Egyptian[8].
  • Egyptian language's writing system is recorded as Egyptian hieroglyphs[9].
  • Egyptian language's writing system is recorded as Egyptian hieratic[10].
  • Egyptian language's writing system is recorded as Egyptian Demotic[11].
  • Egyptian language's writing system is recorded as Coptic script[12].
  • Egyptian language's Commons category is recorded as Egyptian language[13].
  • Egyptian language's said to be the same as is recorded as Egyptian[14].
  • Egyptian language comprises Old Egyptian[15].
  • Egyptian language comprises Middle Egyptian[16].
  • Egyptian language comprises Late Egyptian[17].
  • Egyptian language comprises Demotic Egyptian[18].
  • Egyptian language comprises Egyptien de tradition[19].
  • Egyptian language comprises Coptic[20].
  • Egyptian language comprises Archaic Egyptian[21].
  • 4000 BC marks the founding of Egyptian language[22].
  • Egyptian language was dissolved in 1700[23].
  • Egyptian language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egyptian languages[24].
  • Egyptian language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ancient Egyptian language[25].
  • Egyptian language's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[26].
  • Egyptian language's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'egy', 'text': 'r n km.t'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dead language[6] and ancient language[7]. Egyptian language is a type of Egyptian[8].

Origins

4000 BC marks the founding of Egyptian language[22].

Use and Application

Components include Old Egyptian[15], a dead language[28], in Ancient Egypt[29]; Middle Egyptian[16], a dead language[30]; Late Egyptian[17], a dead language[31]; Demotic Egyptian[18], a dead language[32]; Egyptien de tradition[19], a dead language[33]; and Coptic[20], a dead language[34], in Egypt[35].

Why It Matters

Egyptian language ranks in the top 2% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,348 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · Yousef Kemet · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg',
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ar, en */"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → egyptian-language
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: egyptian-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928680|egyptian language (#289928680)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0260744-egyptstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0260744-egyptstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Inception → —
    Writing system → Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian hieratic, Egyptian Demotic +1
    Category for films in this language → Category:Egyptian-language films
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15608, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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