Saturday, July 2, 2011

Post Relating to Meroitic Language

There is no evidence that the Meroites spoke a Nilo-Saharan language . See


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http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2009/02/linguistic-support-for-extra-nubian.html





This is based on the Kushana hypothesis which indicates that Indians scholars formerly lived in India. I believe these scholars introduced the Meroitic writing system to the Meroites.See:


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http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2008/04/kushana-hypothesis-and-meroitic-writing.html



The history of writing among the Napatans and Meroites make it clear that they never wrote inscriptions in their own language. See:

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http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2008/04/literacy-in-napatan-and-meroitic.html






It is also important to remember that the Nubians were enemies of the Meroites and were never part of the empire. See:

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http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2008/04/nubian-speakers-were-not-kushites-of.html





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http://bafsudralam.blogspot.com/2008/04/nubians-were-never-members-of-meroitic.html

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