Editing Egyptian language (section)

===Demotic===
{{main|Demotic Egyptian language}}
[[Image:Funerary stele Thousei Louvre E27220.jpg|thumb|10th century stela with Coptic inscription, in the [[Louvre]]]]
Demotic is a later development of the Egyptian language written in the [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic script]], following Late Egyptian and preceding [[Coptic language|Coptic]], the latter of which it shares much with. In the earlier stages of Demotic, such as those texts written in the early Demotic script, it probably represented the spoken idiom of the time. However, as its use became increasingly confined to literary and religious purposes, the written language diverged more and more from the spoken form, leading to significant [[diglossia]] between the late Demotic texts and the spoken language of the time, similar to the use of classical Middle Egyptian during the Ptolemaic Period.