Demotic (Egyptian)
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This article is about the Egyptian script. For the later phase of the Egyptian language, see Egyptian language § Demotic.
Demotic (from Ancient Greek: δημοτικός dēmotikós, 'popular') is the ancient Egyptian script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in the Nile Delta. The term was first used by the Greek historian Herodotus to distinguish it from hieratic and hieroglyphic scripts. By convention, the word "Demotic" is capitalized in order to distinguish it from demotic Greek.
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Demotic | |
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Script type | Logographic
with consonants |
Time period | c. 650 BC – 5th century AD |
Direction | Right-to-left |
Languages | Egyptian language (Demotic) |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Child systems | Meroitic, Coptic (influenced) |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Egyd (070), Egyptian demotic |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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