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  1. Demotic Language

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    Demotic (language)/) refers to the latter stages of the development of the Ancient Egyptian language, succeeding the phase known as Middle Egyptian. Emerging around the 7th century BCE, Demotic served initially as a cursive script for administrative and daily use, running parallel to Hieratic (script)/) for religious texts and Hieroglyphic (script)/) for monumental inscriptions. Its name, derived from the [Greek](/entr…

  2. Demotic Language

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    Linguistic Periodization and Script Evolution
    Demotic is typically divided into three major phases based on the complexity of its cursive form and the specific orthographic conventions employed by scribes. This script evolved directly from Hieratic/), which itself was derived from the formal Hieroglyphic/) system.
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