[Wikipedia-l] Modern Egyptian

[Prince of Egypt]

You can read more about Modern Egyptian at http://www.egylang.net.tc


>From: Tim Starling <ts4294967296 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
>To: wikipedia-l at 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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