Coptic language

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Stone with Egyptian hieroglyphs and a pottery shard with Greek script, linked by a blue arrow; faint pyramids in the background.

A diagram showing the family tree of Afro-Asiatic modern languages, branching into Libyo-Chadic, Egypto-Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic groups, with examples like Hausa, Hebrew, Somali, and Ometo listed under each branch.

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Stone with Egyptian hieroglyphs and a pottery shard with Greek script, linked by a blue arrow; faint pyramids in the background.

Why Ancient Egyptian Writing Is More Than Just Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics weren't the only form of ancient Egyptian writing—just the first.

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A diagram showing the family tree of Afro-Asiatic modern languages, branching into Libyo-Chadic, Egypto-Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic groups, with examples like Hausa, Hebrew, Somali, and Ometo listed under each branch.

Relationships among the modern Afro-Asiatic languages.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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