What language did ancient egypt speak?

Ancient Egyptians spoke Egyptian, an Afro-Asiatic language. The language originated around 3400 B.C. and continued, in various forms, until the Arab conquest in the 7th century. The national language in modern Egypt is Egyptian Arabic. read more

Egyptians used to speak the Egyptian language which is commonly known today as Hieroglyphics. Of course with several consecutive invasions by Greeks, Romans, Muslims, English and French, the Egyptian language took a great hit. read more

Egyptian language. The Egyptian language was spoken in ancient Egypt and was a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Its earliest known complete written sentence has been dated to about 2690 BCE, which makes it one of the oldest recorded languages known, along with Sumerian. read more

The Egyptian language was spoken in ancient Egypt and was a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Its attestation stretches over an extraordinarily long time, from the Old Egyptian stage (mid-3rd millennium BC, Old Kingdom of Egypt). read more

The language spoken today that is most similar to ancient Egyptian, would be Coptic, but that is a dead language, only used in Coptic Christian church services as a liturgical language like Latin, Old Church Slovanic, Aramaic, and Ge'ez (the last two are also Afro-Asiatic Languages used in Orthodox Christian churches in the Middle East and Africa). read more