Egyptian language: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Introductory texts include Thomas Lambdin, Introduction to Sahidic Coptic (1983); Antonio Loprieno, Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction (1995); and John B. Callender, Middle Egyptian (1975). Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 3 vol. (1973–80, reissued 2006), is an introduction to the literature in translation.
Reliable analyses of Egyptian grammar are James E. Hoch, Middle Egyptian Grammar (1997); Alan Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, 3rd ed., rev. (1957, reissued 1988); Jaroslav Černy, Sarah Israelit Groll, and Christopher Eyre, A Late Egyptian Grammar, 4th ed. (1993); and Janet H. Johnson, Thus Wrote ʿOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic, 2nd ed. rev. (1991).
Dictionaries include Raymond O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian (1962, reissued 1981); and W.E. Crum, A Coptic Dictionary (1939, reissued 2005).
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| Modified link of Web site: Omniglot - Ancient Egyptian scripts. | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Hidden in the Hieroglyphs: Is Ancient Egyptian a Lost Language? | Jun 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - History of the Egyptian Language. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bryn Mawr Classical Review - Ancient Egyptian, A linguistic introduction. | Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Changes in Ancient Egyptian Language (PDF). | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Omniglot - Ancient Egyptian scripts. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Revised to reflect that Coptic is the ecclesiastical language of miaphysite Christians. | Sep 20, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph of the Rosetta Stone. | May 23, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Egyptian Language. | Dec 15, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Ancient Egyptian Language. | Dec 15, 2011 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Sep 19, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Sep 19, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 19, 1998 |