Ancient Egyptian Phonology

In Ancient Egyptian Phonology. James Allen studies the sounds of the language spoken by the ancient Egyptians through application of the most recent methodological advances for phonological reconstruction. Using the internal evidence of the language, he proceeds from individual vowels and consonants to the sound of actual ancient Egyptian texts. Allen also explores variants, alternants, and the development of sound in texts, and touches on external evidence from Afroasiatic cognate languages. The most up to date work on this topic, Ancient Egyptian Phonology is an essential resource for Egyptologists and will also be of interest to scholars and linguists of African and Semitic languages.
The author is one of the top authorities on Ancient Egyptian language and the author of several books on this topic, among them, Middle Egyptian, now in its third edition
New, up to date methodology is used, which enables reconstruction of the sound of Ancient Egyptian
Prioritizes language-internal evidence, allowing Egyptian to be understood independently of related languages