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Meroitic

Speech parts

1. Meroitic - Adjective

2. Meroitic - Proper noun

Meaning

Describing the language once used in Meroë, or the script, related to hieroglyphs, in which it was written.

Pertaining to Meroe, or its kingdom, or the era of Meroe's dominance of Kush (Nubia)

Ellipsis of Meroitic script.

Ellipsis of Meroitic language.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The extinct Meroitic language of ancient Kush has been accepted by linguists such as Rille, Dimmendaal, and Blench as Nilo-Saharan, though others argue for an Afroasiatic affiliation. Source: Internet

They are believed to have been one of several well-armed bands of horse- and camel-borne warriors who sold their skills to Meroë for protection; eventually they intermarried and established themselves among the Meroitic people as a military aristocracy. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, the old Meroitic kingdom contracted because of the expansion of the powerful Kingdom of Aksum to the east. Source: Internet

Unfortunately, the number of loan words recognizable in Meroitic was quite small, as was the number of Meroitic words surviving in Nubian, a language still spoken in the middle Nile Valley. Source: Internet

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