Claude Rilly

Claude Rilly
Born (1959-11-04) November 4, 1959 (age 65)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Linguist, Egyptologist, archaeologist
Academic work
InstitutionsFrench National Centre for Scientific Research
Main interestsMeroitic and Nilo-Saharan languages
Notable worksLe méroïtique et sa famille linguistique (2010)
Notable ideasNorthern Eastern Sudanic languages

Claude Rilly (born November 4, 1959) is a French linguist, Egyptologist, and archaeologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research who primarily specializes in Meroitic and Nilo-Saharan languages.[1][2][3] He is professor at the École pratique des hautes études since 2019.

He is also the Director of the French Archaeological Mission in Sedeinga, Sudan.

In 2003, he received a PhD in Egyptology and Linguistics. His doctoral advisor was Pascal Vernus.

  1. ^ Claude Rilly (2011). Recent Research on Meroitic, the Ancient Language of Sudan. http://www.ityopis.org/Issues-1_files/ITYOPIS-I-Rilly.pdf. Under the sub-heading - The original cradle of Proto-NES: chronological and palaeoclimatic issues. p. 18
  2. ^ Claude Rilly (2007). La langue du royaume de Méroé, Un panorama de la plus ancienne culture écrite d’Afrique subsaharienne, Paris: Champion (Bibliothèque de l’École pratique des hautes études, Sciences historiques et philologiques, t. 344)
  3. ^ Claude Rilly (2004). The linguistic position of Meroitic Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. p. 1