Ancient Egyptian Language – Pharaonic language | the history of hieroglyphic Pharaohs, hieratic, demotic and Coptic writing in Ancient Egyptians and more about Ancient Egypt History. Ancient Egyptian Language What are the characteristics of the language and materials used in writing for the Egyptians for their elders and what is the Egyptian pictograph in civilization? The Egyptian language belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family (formerly called the Semitic Hemetic Languages),