Ancient Egyptian
egy
Ancient Egyptian
is a language
.
It is written using the
Egyptian hieroglyphs
script.
Its BCP 47 language code is egy.
Writing Systems Used for Ancient Egyptian
Frequently Asked Questions
What alphabet or script does Ancient Egyptian use?
Ancient Egyptian is written using the Egyptian hieroglyphs script (ISO 15924 code: Egyp). Egyptian hieroglyphs is written left-to-right.
What direction is Ancient Egyptian written?
Ancient Egyptian is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
What is the language code for Ancient Egyptian?
The BCP 47 language code for Ancient Egyptian is "egy". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.
Language Facts
- BCP 47 Code
- egy
- ISO 639-3
- egy
- Status
- historical
- Scripts
- 1
- Primary Script
- Egyptian hieroglyphs
Other Egyptian hieroglyphs Languages
None found.
Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.