What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like - and how we know

How did Egyptians pronounce the language behind the hieroglyphs? Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ From Hatshepsut to Nefertiti to a Coptic Abuna, meet the many forms of the long-lived Egyptian language. Watch as they help us listen back to the original sounds of the hieroglyphs. Then, identify a family full of Egyptian's ancestors and relatives, refine those pronunciations and arrive at an outline of Egyptian pronunciation. ~ Credits ~ Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang. Two of the musical scores, too. My doc full of sources for claims and credits for music, sfx, fonts and images: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15oGlSTW24CrL_fg1g19_Wvt52xLwjrQdKRAjJdgbzFo/ Music: Please see my doc above for all songs. Most of the credit belongs to these talented creators: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and Darren Curtis (darrencurtismusic.com). Big Mojo by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3435-big-mojo License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Return of the Mummy by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4281-return-of-the-mummy License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3646-dhaka License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Path of the Goblin King v2 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4502-the-path-of-the-goblin-king-v2 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Virtutes Instrumenti by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4590-virtutes-instrumenti License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Temple of Endless Sands, Ale and Anecdotes by Darren Curtis (custom license through https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/)