TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rilly,Claude
AU  - Voogt,Alexander J.de
TI  - The Meroitic language and writing system: a linguistic and philological introduction 
SN  - 9781139549370
AV  - PL8512.M45 R56 2012eb
U1  - 496/.5 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Meroitic language
KW  - History
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Méroïtique (Langue)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Grammaire
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - African Languages
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- 1. Introduction to history and texts -- 2. Meroitic writing -- 3. Linguistic affiliation -- 4. Meroitic phonology: facts and reconstruction -- 5. Grammar: facts and hypotheses; Conclusions
N2  - "This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system"--; "This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system, which was used between circa 300 BC and 400 AD in the kingdom of Meroe, located in what is now Sudan and Egyptian Nubia. This book details advances in the understanding of Meroitic, a language that until recently was considered untranslatable. In addition to providing a full history of the script and an analysis of the phonology, grammar, and linguistic affiliation of the language it features: linguistic analyses for those working on Nilo-Saharan comparative linguistics, paleographic tables useful to archeologists for dating purposes, and an overview of texts that can be translated or understood by way of analogy for those working on Nubian religion, history, and archaeology"--
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