Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic: Rethinking the Origins

By challenging assumptions regarding the proximity between Egyptian and Semitic Languages, Ancient Egyptian and Afroasiatic provides a fresh approach to the relationships and similarities between Ancient Egyptian, Semitic, and Afroasiatic languages. This in-depth analysis includes a re-examination of the methodologies deployed in historical linguistics and comparative grammar, a morphological study of Ancient Egyptian, and critical comparisons between Ancient Egyptian and Semitic, as well as careful considerations of environmental factors and archaeological evidence. These contributions offer a reassessment of the Afroasiatic phylum, which is based on the relations between Ancient Egyptian and the other Afroasiatic branches. This volume illustrates the advantages of viewing Ancient Egyptian in its African context.

In addition to the editors, the contributors to this collection include Shiferaw Assefa, Michael Avina, Vit Bubenik, Leo Depuydt, Christopher Ehret, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, J. Lafayette Gaston, Tiffany Gleason, John Huehnergard, Andrew Kitchen, Elsa Oréal, Chelsea Sanker, Lameen Souag, Andréas Stauder, Deven N. Vyas, Aren Wilson-Wright, and Jean Winand.

ISBN-13: 9781646022120

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Eisenbrauns

Publication Date: 03-14-2023

Pages: 364

Product Dimensions: 10.08h x 7.24w x 1.18d

Series: Languages of the Ancient Near East

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 Stubňov√° Nigrelli is Postdoctoral Research Associate in Egyptology at Brown University and has published several scholarly articles in journals such as Lingua Aegyptia.