WELCOME TO THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE REVIVAL PAGE

Every month, there will be a tip, a web site posting, and a lesson, which will cover both Hieroglyphic and Coptic. In order to ensure that you pursue the curriculum as vigorously as you can, please do the assignments recommended at your own discretion.
Join the Cause: http://www.causes.com/causes/383858-revive-the-egyptian-language/about
Most importantly, share as much as you care for the upkeep of our heritage.

Even though the Egyptian language mostly survives as the liturgical language in the Coptic Church today, it is far from being a religious language. It is the language of our heritage. It is the language on the tombs, in the scrolls, on the stones, on everything truly Egyptian.

If you want to honor your true Egyptian heritage, please join the cause and help revive the language that has unfortunately been lost for centuries.


PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE recruit more people, every Egyptian you know.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Coptic Post 9: Coptic Collection in the British Museum

Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the British Museum. By W.E. Crum (1905)

Coptic Lesson 9: Possessive Pronouns


Coptic Tip 9: Possessive Pronouns

Dependent possessive pronouns (similar to the Hieroglyphic possessive pronouns) are attached to the beginning of the object.
"pek-son" means "your brother".

Independent possessive pronouns are placed after the object.
"pison phok" means "(the) brother of yours" or "your brother".

Hieroglyphic Post 9: The Secret Life of the Egyptian Collection


Egyptian Collection at the Penn Museum

Hieroglyphic Lesson 9: Possessive Pronouns


Hieroglyphic Tip 9: Possessive Pronouns

The object nominatives can be combined with the subject meaning "belonging to", and they are:
"pa" for male, "ta" for female, and "na" for plural objects

For instance, "Pa-Isi" is a proper name meaning "He who belongs to Isis"

"Ta" can also mean "the land of", such as "Ta-Seti" or "Land of the Arch" (Nubia).

When combined with the suffix pronouns, pa/ta/na becomes a possessive pronoun
"paif/taif/naif" means "that (m/f/pl) belonging to him" or "his"


ALTERNATIVELY, suffix pronouns can simply follow the object in this manner.
"per-f" means "his house"

Monday, July 30, 2012

Coptic Link 8: Coptic Art and Archaeology

The Art of the Christian Egyptians from the Late Antique to the Middle Ages

Coptic Post 8: Demonstrative Pronouns


Coptic Tip 8: Demonstrative Pronouns

The far demonstrative pronouns (that, those), broken down, literally means "that which is (over) there."

The near demonstrative pronouns (this, these) are either written as a pronoun attached to the beginning of the subject, or as an adjective following the subject.

Hieroglyphic Link 8: The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus


The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus: Hieroglyphic transliteration, translation and commentary

Hieroglyphic Post 8: Demonstrative Pronouns


Hieroglyphic Tip 8: Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns start with a gender- or number-based symbol and end in one of the following:
-n   near (this), Middle Egyptian
-f    far (that), Middle Egyptian
-w  near (this), Early Egyptian
-a   near (this), colloquial Egyptian

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Coptic Post 6: History of Coptic


History of Coptic

Coptic Lesson 6: Sentence

Coptic Tip 6: Pronouns

Typically a verb has two pronouns attached to it, a subject pronoun prefix and an object pronoun suffix.

Hieroglyphic Post 6: Middle Egyptian Grammar Book


Middle Egyptian: Google books preview

Hieroglyphic Lesson 6: Sentence

Hieroglyphic Tip 6: Subject

The subject of the sentence is not necessary to be included in the sentence, except in the form of a name or a pronoun embedded in the verb.

Sincere Apologies

Sorry for the long unannounced hiatus the blog took, as I have been very occupied this whole time, but posts and lessons will be posted on a more regular pace now.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Coptic Post 5: Pisakho (The Sage)

For the Study of Coptic Language and Culture

Coptic Lesson 5: Coptic Numerals, Continued

Coptic Tip 5: Numbers in a Sentence

Like the fractions and the cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers function as adjectives to the noun they describe. Thus, they follow the gender of the noun.

Hieroglyphic Post 5: The Moscow Papyrus

Mathematical papyrus

Hieroglyphic Lesson 5: Hieroglyphic Numerals, Continued

Hieroglyphic Tip 5: Fractions

The "mouth" symbol placed on top of the number signifies "part." So if the mouth is placed on top of three strokes, it means "one part of three." 

The numerator is always one in each fraction, so in order to say 2/3, the scribe writes 1/3+1/3, represented in hieroglyphics as follows