ABSTRACT
Side by side with the question of the site of the original home of the Egyptians it was necessary to discuss the cognate subjects of early Egyptian chronology and the language of the primitive Egyptians, and the views and opinions put forward by writers on these matters were as conflicting as those which existed on the original home. Some held that the language of the early Egyptians was of Aryan origin, others declared it to be closely allied to the Semitic dialects, especially to those belonging to the northern group, i.e., Hebrew, Syriac, and Chaldee, and others claimed for it a Berber, or Ethiopian, or Libyan, or Central African origin, accorcling to individual fancy or observation.
