Demotic (from Ancient Greek: δημοτικός dēmotikós, 'popular') is the ancient Egyptian script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in the Nile Delta, and the stage of the Egyptian language written in this script, following Late Egyptian and preceding Coptic.

What are demotic words?

1. Demotic is defined as normal language, or the Greek language. An example of a demotic is a set of words that people use every day. An example of a demotic is Romaic. noun.

Who spoke demotic?

Demotic is the name given to the Egyptian script used to write both the Egyptian vernacular of the Late Period from the eight century BC as well as texts in archaic forms of the language.