Revived Classical Egyptian [RKMT]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Revived Classical Egyptian
A semi-standardised revival attempt of the Middle Egyptian language. The aim is not to be 100% accurate, just to have a functional, speakable language based on the classical texts of the middle kingdom of ancient Egypt.
Resources used:
"Pre-Late Egyptian Reconstruction" on Wikiversity
"Egyptian Pronunciation" on Wiktionary
The Wikipedia page on the Egyptian Language (pls don't crucify me)
James P. Allen's "Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs" 3rd edition
Bill Manley's "Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners"
Resources used:
"Pre-Late Egyptian Reconstruction" on Wikiversity
"Egyptian Pronunciation" on Wiktionary
The Wikipedia page on the Egyptian Language (pls don't crucify me)
James P. Allen's "Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs" 3rd edition
Bill Manley's "Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners"
Sample of Revived Classical EgyptianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAfroasiatic
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Ancient Egyptian
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Revived Classical Egyptian
⤷ Proto-Afroasiatic
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Ancient Egyptian⤷
Revived Classical Egyptian[view] About AfroasiaticThe Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel. They have over 350 million native speakers, and include the liturgical languages of multiple religions, including Islam, Judais...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | t tʼ | c1 cʼ2 | k kʼ | q | ʔ3 | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | ç | χ | ʁ | ħ | ʕ | h | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- may be realised as /t/
- may be realised as /t'/
- allophone of /j/ when initial; /ɾ/, /w/, /ʁ/ when final
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Open | ä ä:1 | |||||
- may be realised further back after laryngeals
Stress informationStress can fall on either the ultimate or penultimate syllable. Long vowels are always stressed, unstressed vowels are always short. Stressed vowels in open syllables are always long.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Revived Classical Egyptian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Revived Classical EgyptianOrthography | ||||||||
| ʾ/ʁ/ | Yy/j/ | ʿ/ʕ/ | Ww/w/ | Bb/pʼ/ | Pp/p/ | Ff/f/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Rr/ɾ/ | Hh/h/ | Ss/s/ | Qq/q/ | Kk/k/ | Gg/kʼ/ | Tt/t/ | Cc/c/1 | Dd/tʼ/ |
| Jj/cʼ/2 | Aa/ä/3 | Āā/ä:/4 | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
- may be realised as /t/
- may be realised as /t'/
- may be realised further back after laryngeals
- may be realised further back after laryngeals
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