I read that Keita said that there are Niltic flora and fauna in Hieroglyphs, but the quote never really states which ones he's talking about:
quote:Linguistics and writing can give some clues to migration or major cultural interactions. Semitic and perhaps Sumerian speakers in the Near East developed agriculture some 2,000 years before it emerged in the Nile Valley. If Egypt had been peopled by a mass migration of farmers from the Near East, ancient Egyptians would have spoken either a Semitic language or Sumerian (considered a language isolate, meaning that it has no obvious close relatives). Although certain major domesticated species used in Egypt came from the Near East, it is interesting to note that the words for these in Egyptian were not borrowed from any members of the Semitic family whose common ancestor had terms for them. They are all Egyptian. The beginnings of Egyptian writing can be traced back to the cultures that led to dynastic Egypt. Flora and fauna used in the hieroglyphs are Nilotic, indicating that the writing system developed locally, with some symbols traceable back to a period before the first dynasty rulers emerged. The titles for the king, major officials, and the royal insignia are Egyptian, which is of interest because one old theory held that the dynastic Egyptians or their elites came from the Near East; however, the archaeological evidence shows that they came from southern Egypt.
Posted by Elite Diasporan (Member # 22000) on :
Are you referring to Nilotic language in Hieroglyphs because I believe I heard something like this before.
Posted by Tyrannohotep (Member # 3735) on :
quote:Originally posted by Elite Diasporan: Are you referring to Nilotic language in Hieroglyphs because I believe I heard something like this before.
I think she is talking about plants and animals living along the Nile River. "Nilotic" in this context simply refers to the Nile.
Posted by Red, White, and Blue + Christian (Member # 10893) on :