Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic - Rethinking the Origins

A collection of essays on ancient Egyptian, Semitic, and Afroasiatic linguistics, reexamining the position of ancient Egyptian in the Afroasiatic phylum and the closeness of its connections with languages that were spoken in Africa and the Ancient Near East.

About the author

M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including recent articles in Lingua Aegyptia, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Alterumkunde, and Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.Silvia Štubňová Nigrelli is Postdoctoral Research Associate in Egyptology at Brown University and has published several scholarly articles in journals such as Lingua Aegyptia.

Summary

A collection of essays on ancient Egyptian, Semitic, and Afroasiatic linguistics, reexamining the position of ancient Egyptian in the Afroasiatic phylum and the closeness of its connections with languages that were spoken in Africa and the Ancient Near East.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Victoria (Brown Universit Almansa-Villatoro
• Assisted by: María Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (Editor), Maria Victoria (Brown University) Almansa-Villatoro (Editor), Silvia Štubňová Nigrelli (Editor), Silvia Stubnova (Brown University) Nigrelli (Editor)
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2023
• EAN: 9781646022120
• ISBN: 978-1-64602-212-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Languages of the Ancient Near East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics, Egyptian, Historical and comparative linguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages