RE: [Wikipedia-l] Modern Egyptian

From: Tim Starling <ts4294967296(a)hotmail.com> Reply-To: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Modern Egyptian Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:43:33 +1000 A quick google search seems to imply that "Modern Egyptian" is not exactly a conlang. Rather, it seems to be a transliteration of Coptic to the latin alphabet. This is all based on the only relevant google hit for "modern egyptian language", so "Prince of Egypt" should feel free to enlighten us if this is incorrect. The site is: http://www.geocities.com/remenkimi/ Specifically: http://www.geocities.com/remenkimi/KTS.html According to this site, transliterations of Coptic into Arabic have been performed for about 250 years, and transliterations into the latin alphabet have gaining in popularity over the last 50. The "Modified Isaac's Transliteration", or MIT, was referred to as "Modern Egyptian" in the seminal book on the subject, published in 1999. This was intended to allow people to easily type Coptic with our western computer keyboards and typewriters, and to make learning easier. Information on the cultural value of Coptic is at: http://www.geocities.com/remenkimi/stshenouda2.htm _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l