Medieval Egyptian language (The Ancient Lives On)

The Medieval Egyptian language was a language spoken in Egypt. The language evolved from Demotic Egyptian around the 6th century, and was spoken until the early 12th century, where it evolved into Neo-Egyptian.

History
The first scripts that appear to be of Medieval Egyptian origin are from the early 6th century. The oldest known text is written in 507 and is known as "The Faium script", because it was found in modern-day Fayyum. Over the mid-6th century, Medieval Egyptian replaced Demotic Egyptian. By the late 6th century, however, Demotic Egyptian appears to have completely died out and replaced by Medieval Egyptian. Medieval Egyptian also appears to be a transition of the Egyptian language to an alphabet, as the number of hieroglyphs was sharply cut from ~1500 in Demotic Egyptian to just 300 in Medieval Egyptian.