Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Late Egyptian

c. 1,350 BCE – 700 BCE Extinct

Late Egyptian (c. 1,350 BCE – 700 BCE) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Old Egyptian → Middle Egyptian → Late Egyptian.

See Late Egyptian on the interactive map

Vernacular of the New Kingdom (Amarna period onwards), written in hieratic and hieroglyphs. Marks a strong typological shift from synthetic to more analytic grammar.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Old Egyptianc. 2,600 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  3. Middle Egyptianc. 2,000 BCE – 1,350 BCE
  4. Late Egyptianc. 1,350 BCE – 700 BCE

Descendants 1

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