An Introductory Grammar of Demotic
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Author: Janet H. Johnson
Publisher: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Date: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 126
DDC: 490
ISBN: 0918986761
Format: PDF
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Demotic is the name applied to both a script and a stage in the development of the Egyptian language. The stage of the language called Demotic shows affinities with both Late Egyptian, its predecessor, and Coptic, its successor. It was presumably much closer to the spoken language, especially when it first came into use, than was the archaic "classical" language preserved in religious texts and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Demotic script is the most cursive one developed by the Egyptians. It was first used under Psammetichus I (ca. 650 B.C.), early in the Twenty-sixth, or Saite, Dynasty. By the end of that dynasty, Demotic had become the standard script for business and everyday affairs.
This grammar is intended solely as a teaching aid. It does not intend to be a reference grammar for Demotic as a whole or even for the text of 'Onchsheshonqy from which the vast majority of the examples are taken. The examples are presented in as "clean" a form as possible in order to aid recognition by the beginning student.
This grammar is intended solely as a teaching aid. It does not intend to be a reference grammar for Demotic as a whole or even for the text of 'Onchsheshonqy from which the vast majority of the examples are taken. The examples are presented in as "clean" a form as possible in order to aid recognition by the beginning student.
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