# Rowan 2006: Meroitic: an Afroasiatic language?

> Kirsty Rowan, 2006. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main published alternative to Rilly's classification.

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# Meroitic: an Afroasiatic language?

Kirsty Rowan, 2006. _SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 14, pp. 169 to 206_.

Argues that Meroitic's sound inventory and phonotactics resemble Afroasiatic languages more than Nilo-Saharan ones, against the Eastern Sudanic classification.

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## What it's used for here

The main published alternative to Rilly's classification.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Meroitic is an Afroasiatic language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/answers/ANS0CVV023248CR/meroitic-is-an-afroasiatic-language)

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[The sound inventory and phonotactics resemble Afroasiatic and differ from Nilo-Saharan.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/evidence/EVD0CVV02AW7R9V/the-sound-inventory-and-phonotactics-resemble-afroasiatic)

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[Kirsty Rowan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic/people/FIG0CVTZXPE507C/kirsty-rowan)

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[Meroitic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/meroitic)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Rowan, K. (2006). Meroitic: an Afroasiatic language?. SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 14, pp. 169 to 206. https://soas-repository.worktribe.com/output/350106/meroitic-an-afroasiatic-language
```

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