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Coptic is the descendant of Ancient Egyptian, not Egyptian Arabic
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The '''Egyptian language''' is a member of the Afro-Asiatic family of [[language]]s and is related to [[Berber]] and [[Semitic]]. Egyptian has been spoken since 2600B.C. and still survives today as [[Egyptian]] [[Arabic]]. It has lasted nearly four millennia, and is one of the oldest recorded languages.
The '''Egyptian language''' is a member of the Afro-Asiatic family of [[language]]s and is related to [[Berber]] and [[Semitic]]. Egyptian is one of the oldest recorded languages with examples dating as far back as 3400 B.C.<ref>[http://www.archaeology.org/9903/newsbriefs/egypt.html Earliest Egyptian Glyphs] ''Archeology'' 52.2 (March/April 1999)</ref> It survives today as [[Coptic]], the liturgical language of the Coptic Church, but has otherwise been extinct since the 16th century.
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When most people think of the Egyptian Language, they think of [[hieroglyph]]s, but not all Egyptian is written with glyphs. While Archaic, Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian were written with hieroglyphs, Demotic was written with an alphabet similar to modern Arabic script, and Coptic was written with a modified form of the Greek alphabet.
When most people think of the Egyptian Language, they think of [[hieroglyph]]s, but not all Egyptian is written with glyphs. While Archaic, Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian were written with hieroglyphs, Demotic was written with an alphabet similar to modern Arabic script, and Coptic was written with a modified form of the Greek alphabet.
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