Re: Oteil
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
Egyptian certainly is a language... it's just a dead one. The source may actually have meant Ancient Egyptian or even Coptic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language
Also, just because a language is dead, doesn't mean that people can't make (or derive) names from surviving vocabulary of the language in question.
"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language
Also, just because a language is dead, doesn't mean that people can't make (or derive) names from surviving vocabulary of the language in question.