Mutauro wechiEgyptian mutauro wekuchamhembe weAfro-Asiatic wakanyatsobatana nemitauro yeBerber neSemitic. Une nhoroondo yechipiri yakareba inozivikanwa yemitauro yese (mushure meSumerian), yakanyorwa kubva muna 3200 BC kusvika kuMiddle Ages uye ichiri mutauro unotaurwa kwenguva yakareba. Zvikamu zvechiIjipita zvekare ndezviIjipita zvekare, Middle Egyptian (Classical Egyptian), Late Egyptian, Demotic uye Coptic. Zvinyorwa zveEgyptian hazviratidze misiyano yemitauro pamberi peCoptic, asi zvingangodaro zvaitaurwa mumitauro yenharaunda yakatenderedza Memphis uye gare gare Thebes. ChiIjipita chekare chaive mutauro wekugadzira, asi chakazowedzera kuongorora. Pakupedzisira chiIjipita chakagadzira zvirevo zvisina kujeka uye zvinyorwa zvisina kujeka, izvo zvakatsiva suffixes.
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