What is the Egyptian language?
Q: What is the Egyptian language?
A: The Egyptian language was an Afroasiatic language that was spoken in Ancient Egypt.
Q: How old is the written record of the Egyptian language?
A: The written record of the Egyptian language is 5000 years old, making it one of the oldest written languages known today.
Q: What is the modern form of the Egyptian language?
A: The modern form of the Egyptian language is the Coptic language.
Q: Who uses the Coptic language for religious purposes?
A: The Copts use the Coptic language for religious purposes.
Q: How many people are still fluent in Coptic?
A: Only a few people are still fluent in Coptic.
Q: When was the Rosetta stone found and what does it contain?
A: The Rosetta stone was found in 1799 and it contains the same text in three languages, one of which was known at the time.
Q: What is the national language of modern-day Egypt?
A: The national language of modern-day Egypt is Egyptian Arabic, which replaced Coptic as the language of daily life in the centuries after the Muslim conquest of Egypt.
