The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum

A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Roger D. Woodard (Edited by)

9780521684972, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 April 2008

272 pages, 1 map 14 tables
24.5 x 18.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.63 kg

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.

Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard
1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard
2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski
3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper
4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods
5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno
6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg
Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Subject Areas: Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology [HDDG], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], African history [HBJH], Language: history & general works [CBX]