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
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