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That's Arabic. That's not Coptic.
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That's Arabic. That's not Coptic."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Did the Faraoh's speak coptic? Didn't the copts came later?
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Well Coptic is supposed to be a derivation of the ancient Egyptian language. The only thing is, I imagine it would be impossible to get a Coptic voice actor though they apparently did find one for Aztec so who knows what Firaxis/2K are capable of."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Well there are still speakers of Nahuatl around so that isn't so difficult, but far fewer speakers of the Ancient Egyptian dialectOriginally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
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Doesn't sound like Arabic to me.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
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It should be Coptic if it is not. Coptic is the closest to native Egyptian one can come today. But it is definitely too late for such changes now.Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
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Really though?Originally posted by OzzyKP View Post
My knowledge of Arabic is very limited but I can recognize specific words that I highly doubt are in ancient Egyptian.
For one, he says 'ana Ramesses' that can only be "I am Ramesses" and then he says something about father of something. I can't make it out because I don't know Arabic but I can definitely tell it is Arabic. Probably an Egyptian dialect."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Without knowledge of ancient Egyptian or Coptic, how can you be sure? It's possible the specific words you recognize are just similar-sounding to certain Arabic words than it actually being Arabic.Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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Ana Ramesses does really translate to "I am Ramesses" from Arabic. Phonetically, the bit sounds very Arabic, and there are other distinguishable words, like "in Allah" (sounding more like "illah", but Arabic isn't too definite on the phonetic of vowels), "abu" . I'm pretty sure, Sure is right on this one."The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
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Basically because 2K was to lazy to do it right.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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That's Arabic for sure. Masr (or Misr) is the Arabic word for Egypt btw."An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
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How many Arabic words are borrowed from ancient Egyptian (or Coptic) though?I'm consitently stupid- Japher
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Why would there be many? Especially something as basic as "I am" or "father". Maybe Egyptian Arabic has some loanwords from Coptic but standard Arabic wouldn't at all.Originally posted by Theben View Post
Trust me on this. That is Arabic. I know it well enough to identify it. I'll get a native speaker (albeit not Egyptian) to translate it if it'll make all you guys feel better.
It is Arabic."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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I was right of course.
I have confirmation from a native Arabic speaker born and raised in Iraq. It is Arabic and it translates to:
"Regards! I am Ramesses the God. I am a live representation of Egypt, the mother and father of all civilizations"
She also translated Harun al-Rashid's:
"Hello, Persian, I am Harun al-Rashid, I am the successor of the Arabs, come to me and tell me about your empire"
Kind of weird that he says Hello, Persian but presumably the player controlled civ would be Persia in that video.Last edited by Al B. Sure!; August 2, 2010, 21:15."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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I know this is kind of a douche question to ask, but really, who cares? They're all Foreign to me.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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