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Background to my Middle Egyptian
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Books On Middle Egyptian |
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Glyphstudy Yahoo Group |
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Background to my Middle
Egyptian Studies. |
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This page has been set up to list the many resources for
the study of Middle Egyptian and some of my experiences
in learning it. This list is not comprehensive but just
represents the resources I am aware of and have used but
if you have any additional information please email me
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An extremely useful resource is the Gylphstudy Yahoo
Group with has members from all over the world who are
learning Middle Egyptian together. There are three
groups :- The 2005 Group who are just about completing
Allen.
The 2007 Group who are currently on Chapter 12 of
Allen.
The 2008 Group who are working through Kamrin before
moving onto Allen.
For the beginner starting to learn Hieroglyphs then I
can thoroughly recommend joining the 2008 Group and most
people would be easy to catch up with the group fairly
easily and feel free to email me at
tattooedwelshman@yahoo.co.uk for more details. |
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I began my studies in Middle Egyptian with the excellent
Gardeners Egyptian Grammar under the excellent direction
of Professor Alan B Lloyd. Although Gardeners Grammar is
excellent it is not ideal for self study particularly
after Chapter 10. I have never found languages come
easily to me so it has taken a great deal of work and
motivation to continue but it has been time well spent.
My attempt to learn French and German at school was an
outstanding disaster and although I can remember some
German and just about hold a basic conversation my
French is as close to zero as possible. |
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After Gardener I moved on to Allen and although (in my
opinion) there are areas which could be improved it is
probably the most comprehensive book written in English
on Middle Egyptian. It has a clear and distinct order
and is ideal as a tool to learn Middle Egyptian whether
as self-study or as part of a group or tutored.
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Books on Middle Egyptian. |
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James P.
Allen - Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language
and Culture of Hieroglyphs.
This is in my opinion the best English Language tool
for learning Hieroglyphs. It slowly introduces different
concepts clearly and comprehensively. |
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R.O Faulkner - Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian.
An essential tool for learning any language is a
dictionary and this is probably the best available for
the beginner in Middle Egyptian. It is readily available
at a reasonable cost and will provide the majority of a
students needs until progressing to a higher level. |
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Janice Kamrin - Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A
Practical Guide. |
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Adrian De Buck - Egyptian Reading Book: Exercises and
Middle Egyptian Texts |
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Boyo G. Ockinga - A Concise Grammar Of Middle Egyptian |
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James Hoch - Middle Egyptian Grammar |
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Mark Collier and Bill Manley - How To Read Egyptian
Hieroglyphs: A Step-By-Step Guide To Teach Yourself
Hieroglyphs |
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David Shennum - English-Egyptian Index Of Faulkner's
Concise Dictionary Of Middle Egyptian |
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Rainer Hannig - Die Sprache der Pharaonen: Grosses
Handworterbuch Agytisch-Deutsch Kulturgeschichte der
Antiken Welt. |
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Gertie Englund - Middle Egyptian: An Introduction |
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Antonio Loprieno - Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic
Approach |
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Henry George Fischer - Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A
Beginner's Guide To Writing Hieroglyphs |
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Glyphstudy Yahoo Group |
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For anyone wanting to learn Hieroglyphs on a self-study
basis with the backing on an excellent and very helpful
online group then I can highly recommend this group.
Click the link given in the links section below to join.
There are currently three groups working on different
areas:-
The 2005 Group who are just about to complete Allen.
The 2007 Group who are currently working on Chapter
12 of Allen.
The 2008 Group who have just started working on
Kamrin which they will complete before moving on to
Allen. |
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Glyphstudy |
One of the best resources for learning Middle Egyptian
with a large quantity of material input by the group and
the excellent work of the moderators Karen and Bob. |
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Ancient
Egyptian Language Discussion List |
An excellent discussion group and I would recommend
signing up to receive to receive emails even if as a
beginner they do not make much sense as your knowledge
increases there are some excellent discussions about the
language. |
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Egyptologist's Electronic Forum |
A general Egyptological Forum with some very informative
discussions with input from some of the top
Egyptologists in the world. |
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