Chicago Demotic Dictionary

{{Short description|Demotic language dictionary project}}

The Chicago Demotic Dictionary (CDD) or The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is a project at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute to create a comprehensive dictionary of the ancient Egyptian Demotic language.{{Cite news |last=Wilford |first=John Noble |date=2012-09-17 |title=Dictionary Translates Ancient Egypt Life |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/science/new-demotic-dictionary-translates-lives-of-ancient-egyptians.html |access-date=2021-04-27 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Harms |first=William |date=2012-09-18 |title=Chicago Demotic Dictionary refines knowledge of influential language |language=en |work=Phys.Org |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-09-chicago-demotic-dictionary-refines-knowledge.html |access-date=2021-04-27}}{{Cite web |title=The Demotic Dictionary of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago | url=https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/chicago-demotic-dictionary | access-date=2023-07-25}}