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How they traslete the Rosetta stone?
The Rosetta Stone contains three copies of the same text in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. Since Greek was a widely known language, it allowed for the translation of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics, which were unknown at the time of discovery of the stone tablet.
What were the languages that were spoken on the Rosetta Stone?
The decree is inscribed on the stone three times, in hieroglyphic (suitable for a priestly decree), demotic (the native script used for daily purposes), and Greek (the language of the administration). Information comes from the British Museum website. They are also pictorial latin and french
How many languages were found on the Rosetta stone?
Three. Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Egyptian Demotic Script and Koine Greek.
What is hieroglyphic Egyptian stone tablets?
The Rosetta Stone. While the Rosetta Stone did have Hieroglyphics on it, it also had the same passage inscribed in the Demotic and Classical Greek languages. This helped Young and Champollion in their translations of the Hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone. A stone slab with just Hieroglyphics would be called a stele. Steles or stelae can be found worldwide, not just in Egypt.
Who is rosseta stone?
Rosetta Stone is a language learning program.
What was Rosetta stone useful for?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it Egyptian and Greek, using hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek scripts. The hieroglyphic was the script used for important or religious documents. Demotic was the common script of Egypt and Greek the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time.
Who translated the demotic part of the Rosetta stone?
Champolion
Where is the rossetta stone?
The Rosetta Stone is not a person, it is an ancient stone with three different scripts written on it in Egyptian and Greek. The scripts are hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. There is also a language teaching software called Rosetta Stone.
What are the 3 scripts on the Rosetta Stone?
the three scripts are hieroglyphic, demotic and classical
Which3 langueges are the Rosetta stone?
ancient egypt, demotic ,and, greek
What names did Jean-Francois Champollion find on the Rosetta stone?
Champollion found Hieroglyphics, Greek, and Demotic writing on the Rosetta Stone
What were the three languges on the Rosetta stone?
ancient Greek, hieroglyphics, and demotic (Egyptian)
How they traslete the Rosetta stone?
The Rosetta Stone contains three copies of the same text in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. Since Greek was a widely known language, it allowed for the translation of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics, which were unknown at the time of discovery of the stone tablet.
What languaged were on the Rosetta stone?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek). The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt. The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents. The second was demotic which was the common script of Egypt. The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time. The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said.
Who was the first scholar to identify some letters in the demotic passage on the Rosetta stone?
Thomas Young
What was the language on the Rosetta stone?
It has 3 languages. 2 Egyptian (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and Classical Greek.For more info , go to this link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone
Does the Rosetta stone have chinese on it?
Depending on which Rosetta Stone is being referred to, the answer differs. The original Rosetta Stone, a stone like its name, created 196 is inscribed with three different languages, none of which is Chinese, the languages are hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt, Demotic, and Ancient Greek. The popular language learning software, Rosetta Stone, which offers the opportunity to learn many languages at home, on the go, or online does have a version that teaches Chinese.
