Language code: egy
Technical information about ISO 639 language code egy
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The table below provides technical details for the Egyptian (Ancient) language, designated by the egy code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Egyptian (Ancient) |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Old EgyptianMiddle EgyptianLate EgyptianDemotic |
| Related languages | CopticAkkadianBiblical HebrewAramaicArabic |
| Key facts | One of the earliest attested languages, with texts dating to ca. 3200 BCEWritten in three principal scripts—hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demoticOrthography records mainly consonants, leaving most vowels unmarked and adding semantic determinativesMiddle Egyptian functioned as a classical, prestige literary standard long after it was spokenEgyptian loan-words entered Greek and, through it, many modern languages (e.g., papyrus, oasis). |
| Sample phrase | 𓇋𓇋𓈖𓎡, 𓈖𓆑𓂋? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Egyptian (Ancient) language, identified by the code egy, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.
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