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* Rilly, Claude (March 2004) [http://www.arkamani.org/arkamani-library/meroitic/rilly.htm "The Linguistic Position of Meroitic"]{{Dead link|date=November 2011}}, ''Sudan Electronic Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology''. |
* Rilly, Claude (March 2004) [http://www.arkamani.org/arkamani-library/meroitic/rilly.htm "The Linguistic Position of Meroitic"]{{Dead link|date=November 2011}}, ''Sudan Electronic Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology''. |
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* ———— (2007) ''La langue du Royaume de Meroe.'' Paris: Champion. |
* ———— (2007) ''La langue du Royaume de Meroe.'' Paris: Champion. |
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*———— (2006) Meroitic: A Phonological Investigation. PhD thesis, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies). |
*———— (2006) Meroitic: A Phonological Investigation. PhD thesis, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies). |
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*Welsby, Derek A.: ''The Kingdom of Kush'', (London: [[British Museum]] Press, 1996), 189-195, ISBN 071410986X |
*Welsby, Derek A.: ''The Kingdom of Kush'', (London: [[British Museum]] Press, 1996), 189-195, ISBN 071410986X |
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Revision as of 21:28, 16 December 2012
| Meroitic | |
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| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Meroë |
| Era | attested 300 BCE – 400 CE |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Meroitic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xmr |
xmr | |
The Meroitic language was spoken in Meroë and the Sudan during the Meroitic period (attested from 300 BCE) and went extinct about 400 CE. It was written in two forms of the Meroitic alphabet: Meroitic Cursive, which was written with a stylus and was used for general record-keeping; and Meroitic Hieroglyphic, which was carved in stone or used for royal or religious documents. It is poorly understood owing to the scarcity of bilingual texts.
The classification of Meroitic has long been uncertain due to the scarcity of data. Claude Rilly (French pronunciation: [ʁiji]) in 2007 convinced the annual Nilo-Saharan Conference that Meroitic is an Eastern Sudanic language, closest to Nubian and other similar languages.[1]
References
- ^ Claude Rilly and Alex de Voogt, The Meroitic Language and Writing System, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Bibliography
- Meroitic Newsletter (Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1968)
- Böhm, Gerhard : "Die Sprache der Aithiopen im Lande Kusch" in Beiträge zur Afrikanistik, 34, (Wien: 1988). ISBN 3-85043-047-2.
- Rilly, Claude and Alex de Voogt (2012), The Meroitic Language and Writing System, Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 1-10700-866-2
- Rilly, Claude (March 2004) "The Linguistic Position of Meroitic"[dead link], Sudan Electronic Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology.
- ———— (2007) La langue du Royaume de Meroe. Paris: Champion.
- Rowan, Kirsty (2011) "Meroitic Consonant and Vowel Patterning." Lingua Aegytia, 19.
- ———— Meroitic - An Afroasiatic Language?, School of Oriental and African Studies.
- ———— (2006) Meroitic: A Phonological Investigation. PhD thesis, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies).
- Welsby, Derek A.: The Kingdom of Kush, (London: British Museum Press, 1996), 189-195, ISBN 071410986X
- Bender, Marvin Lionel, The Meroitic problem, In Bender, M. L. (Ed), Peoples and cultures of the Ethio-Sudan borderlands, East Lansing : African Studies Center, Michigan State University., pp. 5–32., 1981