Middle Egyptian was spoken from about 2000 BC for a further 700 years when Late Egyptian made its appearance ; Middle Egyptian did , however , survive until the first few centuries AD as a written language , similar to the use of Latin during the Middle Ages and that of Classical Arabic today .
Middle Egyptian was spoken from about 2000 BC for a further 700 years when Late Egyptian made its appearance ; Middle Egyptian survived until the first few centuries AD as a written language , similar to the use of Latin during the Middle Ages and that of Classical Arabic today .