Demotic (Egyptian)

Demotic
Demotic script on a Rosetta Stone replica
Script type	Logographic with consonants
Time period	c. 650 BC – 5th century AD
Direction	Right-to-left
Languages	Egyptian language (Demotic)
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Hieratic Demotic
Child systems	Meroitic, Coptic (influenced)
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Egyd (070), ​Egyptian demotic
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Demotic (from Ancient Greek: δημοτικός dēmotikós, 'popular') is the ancient Egyptian script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in the Nile Delta. The term was first used by the Greek historian Herodotus to distinguish it from hieratic and hieroglyphic scripts. By convention, the word "Demotic" is capitalized in order to distinguish it from demotic Greek.