What language did Egyptians speak during captivity of the Jews? What language did Moses speak?

Answer 1

Here is a breakdown on Egyptian lanuage development:

Archaic Egyptian (before 2600 BC)
Old Egyptian (2600 BC – 2000 BC)
Middle Egyptian (2000 BC – 1300 BC)
Late Egyptian (1300 BC – 700 BC)
Demotic (seventh century BC – fifth century AD)
Coptic (fourth – fourteenth century AD)

There are a range of dates calculated for the exodus--as early as 1500 bce to 1313 bce --so the Egyptian language was somewhere between its Middle and Late periods.

Good question about what language Moses spoke--he probably spoke Egyptian, Hebrew and Midianite--possibly also he knew some of the Cushite language of his wife Zipporah. This is a bit too early for Aramaic to come on the scene as a major Biblical language--this happens around the 7th century bce.

Answer 2

The Ancient Egyptians spoke Ancient Egyptian. The Early Jews spoke a combination of Aramaic and Early Hebrew. The Jews enjoyed a thriving economy with the Egyptians. Their status as slaves has long been in question, as well as the fact that they did not build the pyramids in the capacity of slaves. They were forbidden to leave when it meant that they would take their trade with them and irreparably hurt the Egyptian economy. Moses was raised Egyptian, and spoke the language; later when he interacted with the Jews he probably picked their language, also. Question as you read; history is written by the survivors. B.

Answer 3

Like many foreigners who come to America they retain there original language. The Egyptians had there own set of words and they knew Hebrew and that is what the Jews spoke.
Just as many people speak English and Spanish.
So they both knew two languages.

Answer 4

That's a good question since there is no record of a 400 year slavery of the jews in Egypt.