Egyptian language

Written records of the Ancient Egyptian language have been dated from about 3200 BC. Egyptian is part of the Afro-Asiatic group of languages and is related to Berber and Semitic (languages such as Arabic and Hebrew). The language survived until the fifth century AD in the form of Demotic and until the Middle Ages in the form of Coptic; its long lifespan of over four millennia makes it one of the oldest recorded languages known to modern human beings.

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Ancient Egypt - Language - 3200 BC - Afro-Asiatic - Berber - Semitic - Arabic - Hebrew - Demotic - Coptic

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The official language of modern day Egypt is Arabic, which gradually replaced Egyptian and its descendant, the Coptic language as the language of daily life in the centuries after Egypt was conquered by Arab Muslims. Coptic is still used as a liturgical language in the Coptic Church.

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Official language - Egypt - Arabic - Coptic language - Arab - Muslims - Liturgical - Coptic Church

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