Later Egyptian

Later Egyptian

1. (linguistics, history) The phase of the Egyptian language characterized by a relatively analytic typology, including Medio-Late Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Demotic, and Coptic, and contrasted against Earlier Egyptian.

• (varieties of Egyptian) Egyptian; Earlier Egyptian (Archaic Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Classical Egyptian, Middle Egyptian [Late Middle Egyptian, Neo-Middle Egyptian]), Later Egyptian (Medio-Late Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Demotic, Coptic)