Languages, Scripts, Literature, and Bridges between Cultures (original) (raw)

A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Ed. Katelijn Vandorpe. Wiley-Blackwell, 485–500., 2019

Abstract

The linguistic situation of Greco‐Roman Egypt was characterized by a new ruling‐class language, Greek, becoming the language of administration and government. An influx of immigrants also spoke it. However, Egyptian remained the mother tongue of the majority of the population. Other languages, including Aramaic, Edomite, Pehlevi, and Latin, were also used in different regions and time periods, and for different functions. Our ability to track down what languages were spoken is limited by the survival of the written evidence, and is closely connected to the question of literacy.

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