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1. Demotic Language

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   Demotic in the Greco-Roman Period
   Following the conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE, Demotic did not immediately decline. Instead, it experienced a period of vigorous formalization under the Ptolemies, paradoxically becoming the official script for documents intended for the native Egyptian population, while Greek became the language of high administration.
   The coexistence of Greek administrative structures and Demotic le…