Old Egyptian

extinct language spoken approximately from the 27th to the 21 centuries BC during the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period
Intangible dead_language Q447117
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Old Egyptian

Summary

Old Egyptian is a dead language[1]. It draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (dead_language category, ranking #94 of 160).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Egyptian is in the country of Ancient Egypt[3].
  • Old Egyptian's instance of is recorded as dead language[4].
  • Old Egyptian's instance of is recorded as ancient language[5].
  • Old Egyptian's instance of is recorded as chronolect[6].
  • Old Egyptian's instance of is recorded as extinct language[7].
  • Old Egyptian's follows is recorded as Archaic Egyptian[8].
  • Old Egyptian's followed by is recorded as Middle Egyptian[9].
  • Old Egyptian's subclass of is recorded as Egyptian[10].
  • Old Egyptian's writing system is recorded as Egyptian hieroglyphs[11].
  • Old Egyptian's writing system is recorded as Egyptian hieratic[12].
  • Old Egyptian's writing system is recorded as Cursive hieroglyphs[13].
  • Old Egyptian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as egy-x-old[14].
  • Old Egyptian's start time is recorded as -2700-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Old Egyptian's end time is recorded as -2100-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Old Egyptian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/073y4s[17].
  • Old Egyptian's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph126046[18].
  • Old Egyptian's page banner is recorded as Banner Art.jpg[19].
  • Old Egyptian's Linguist List code is recorded as 1aw[20].
  • Old Egyptian's different from is recorded as Egyptian[21].
  • Old Egyptian's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01638141n[22].
  • Old Egyptian's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[23].
  • Old Egyptian's linguistic typology is recorded as introflective language[24].
  • Old Egyptian's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Scheidt[25].
  • Old Egyptian's Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID is recorded as RYVHCFERAVCABE2VHI7FRKB6PM[26].

Why It Matters

Old Egyptian draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (dead_language category, ranking #94 of 160).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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