Re: Ancient Egyptian/Wolof
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Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
Oct 27, 2019, 1:28:30 PM10/27/19
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Wolof
Lad = ask
Egyptian
Nad= ask
Wolof
nah= protect
Egyptian
lah= protect
Wolof
tefnit= spit out
Egyptian
tefnwt: The goddess born of Ra’s spittle
Etc.
“Origin of the ancient Egyptians “p .27-51.
Unesco’s General History of Africa. Vol. 2
Correspondence between verb forms, phonetic correspondences and so are given by the scholar, Diop. So to make his point, Dr.Salau has to do more.
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Lad = ask
Egyptian
Nad= ask
Wolof
nah= protect
Egyptian
lah= protect
Wolof
tefnit= spit out
Egyptian
tefnwt: The goddess born of Ra’s spittle
Etc.
“Origin of the ancient Egyptians “p .27-51.
Unesco’s General History of Africa. Vol. 2
Correspondence between verb forms, phonetic correspondences and so are given by the scholar, Diop. So to make his point, Dr.Salau has to do more.
I have just learnt from Dr. Keita that the Distinguished Professor Christopher Ehret, UCLA, is giving the Huggins Lectures on the Africanity of Ancient Egypt Nov. 7, 2019 at Harvard University. 4.00p
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
OLAYINKA AGBETUYI
Oct 27, 2019, 1:56:26 PM10/27/19
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Are you comparing ancient or contemporary Egyptian here?
Abdul Salau stated that hieroglyphs lacked vowels? The Egyptian words you present have vowels.
OAA
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Gloria Emeagwali
Oct 27, 2019, 5:20:54 PM10/27/19
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That is a question for Diop but my guess is that the intent here is to capture sound.
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