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Egyptian language

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Ebers Papyrus detailing treatment of asthma (written in hieratic)

RegionOriginally, throughout ancient Egypt and parts of Nubia (especially during the times of the Nubian kingdoms)Ethnicityancient EgyptiansEraLate fourth millennium BC â€“ 19th century AD (with the extinction of Coptic); still used as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic Churches

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Hieroglyphs, cursive hieroglyphs, Hieratic, Demotic and Coptic (later, occasionally, Arabic script in government translations and Latin script in scholars' transliterations and several hieroglyphic dictionaries)Language codesISO 639-2egy (also cop for Coptic)ISO 639-3egy (also cop for Coptic)Glottologegyp1246Linguasphere11-AAA-a

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