demotic
see also: Demotic
Pronunciation Adjective
Demotic
Proper noun
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see also: Demotic
Pronunciation Adjective
demotic (not comparable)
- Of or for the common people.
- Synonyms: colloquial, informal, popular, vernacular
- Antonyms: formal
- demotic writing style
- Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing, with simplified, cursive hieroglyphs.
- Synonyms: enchorial
- Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
- demotic Greek
- Russian: наро́дный
- German: demotisch
- Russian: демоти́ческий
- Russian: димоти́ческий
demotic (plural demotics)
- (linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
- 2010, John C. Wells, accents map ↗
- Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like.
- 2010, John C. Wells, accents map ↗
- German: Umgangssprache
Demotic
Proper noun
- demotic Egyptian script, used from c. 650BCE to 452CE.
- demotic Egyptian language, spoken from c. 650BCE to 400BCE.
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