Archaic Egyptian language
Formerly spoken in
- Afro-Asiatic egyptian early Egyptian
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Egy ( Egyptian language )
Egy ( Egyptian language )
The breakfast is the language of Egyptian hieroglyphics inscriptions of the Prädynastik until the end of the 3rd Dynasty (ca. 3300-2700 BC) and thus forms the oldest known stage of the Egyptian language, and possibly the oldest surviving language in general.
Classification
The long time standard classification of early Egyptian as an early ancient Egyptian based possibly on insufficient research. Since in vocabulary and grammar differences have emerged for Ancient Egyptian, a distinction is better justified, although the independence of the early Egyptian is not fully guaranteed. It was observed in the area of grammar that the word nb "everyone" in the early Egyptian self-employed, can only stand in the attributive Ancient Egyptian against it.
Text corpus
Early Egyptian inscriptions are known from all parts of Egypt. However, the majority of the texts are taken from the royal necropolis at Abydos and from the graves of the elite at Saqqara. The longest texts on small ivory or bone tablets. These are labels for goods and the product description and quantity. In addition, here are annual data, type in the year happened under King AB than XY. Especially the latter texts are historically valuable, but often difficult to understand. Other texts found on seals and their unwinding. There usually are names, titles, and to institutions that are called. There are also numerous pot inscriptions, but these are usually short and provide management information. Grave stelae date from Abydos, Saqqara, Abu Roasch and Helwan. In the first dynasty they call usually only the name and title of the deceased. In the second dynasty to come to that also lists of offerings. Other brief inscriptions have survived on various objects. From the third dynasty there are a few longer grave inscriptions, usually only the title and name of the grave owner.
Research
However, the study of the early Egyptian is not yet advanced far, not least because of the difficult spelling and brevity of the inscriptions. So it happens that, for example, the word jpw.t in an inscription from the time of Djer only p is written and only the context allows the interpretation. Although there are reliable text editions as well as a comprehensive treatment of the early Egyptian vocabulary but the grammar of early Egyptian because of the brevity of the inscriptions is not yet recognized only patchy.