Demotic, not demonic. Demotic is simplified Egyptian used by every day people there at the time. Typically, only the priests used the form of hieroglyphs we’d see on tombs. “Demotic” means colloquial, or common, speech.
worth noting that hieroglyphics are absolutely fucking incomprehensible even if you know how to read them, and have fun etching that stuff into stone.
i wouldn’t call it illiterate in the same way as people are these days, it’s like calling most people these days “illiterate in assembly programming language”
Demotic, not demonic. Demotic is simplified Egyptian used by every day people there at the time. Typically, only the priests used the form of hieroglyphs we’d see on tombs. “Demotic” means colloquial, or common, speech.
Thanks for the explanation. I really need to get some sleep before I misread again
Everyday Egyptians meaning scribes, as most of everyone else were illiterate.
worth noting that hieroglyphics are absolutely fucking incomprehensible even if you know how to read them, and have fun etching that stuff into stone.
i wouldn’t call it illiterate in the same way as people are these days, it’s like calling most people these days “illiterate in assembly programming language”
I was referring to demotic.