According to the perception of contemporary science, as well as the text being written in three scripts, two languages had been used:
ancient Egyptian (written with hieroglyphs and in the demotic script)
ancient Greek (written in ancient Greek script)
A basic assumption of our research is that in writing the text on the Rosetta Stone three scripts were used, but in three languages: ancient Egyptian, written in the hieroglyphic script, ancient Macedonian, written in the demotic script, and ancient Greek written in the ancient Greek alphabet. It should be mentioned that one of the most significant and leading works in the field of study of the demotic script as well as the language, the new Egyptian language as it is called, is the Dictionary and Grammar of the Demotic Language, The Oriental Institute of Chicago, USA. Although it is clear and generally accepted that a syllabic script is in question, in this significant publication the authors point out that they are not capable being read sign by sign (syllable after syllable), but they suggest the text is written word after word, and at the same time supposing an absolute language identity in the forming of sentences, phrases and all the names of rulers and gods in the text in ancient Egyptian with the ancient Greek text.
The complete book by Bosheski/Tentov
The appendix Boshevski/Tentov
This theory is the work of Aristotel Tentov and Tome Boshevski.
20080608 at 00:24
Ancient Macedonians were not Slavic speakers.
Dont insult AGAIN the real world Jordan.
Rosetta Stone has three scripts and two languages. Egyptian language as were the natives and Greek as were the Rulers.
20080608 at 19:49
@akritas
this is merely a THEORY, it challenges the known facts but that does not make it wrong.
I find their work quite good, what they present is hard to dispute. Why dont you go thru their work and scientifically disprove it instead?
Ps. I did read somewhere that in the 1601 the Ancient Macedonians were considered to be Slavs….. have you seen that by coincidence? Ds.
20080621 at 19:19
the original translation if the demotic is a joke. Simple substitution translation which was done with the texts cannot be considered a system. Its even more hilarious that scholars are fine with this mockery after so many years.
The texts/symbols were isolated according to their position on the stone in correlation with the greek text, the text he already knew. That is the “system ” which determined the meaning of the demotic.
Can you this with any modern languages, even in the same group? Put together the same text in german and english and try it out.
i would simply not allow myself to dismiss a theory like this.
Alex
20080701 at 11:39
[...] Tracing the script and language of the Ancient Macedonians! By makedonika According to the perception of contemporary science, as well as the text being written in three scripts, two languages had been used: ancient Egyptian (written with hieroglyphs and in the demotic script) ancient Greek (written in … Makedonika: The Macedonian Blog - http://makedonika.wordpress.com [...]