The book of Mormon was written in reformed egyptian. What is this language anyway? does it exist elsewhere?

The fact is that modern linguists and philologists don't know of a script known as reformed Egyptian.

Edit: From the verses the lady below posted from Book of Mormon 9 it basically is saying that he is writing Hebrew, but using Egyptian characters. This has nothing to do with an accent ect.

The Mormons in a Brigam Young University article have this to say about "Reformed Egyptian":

In a FARMS article, William Hamblin starts out) with:

"Critics of the Book of Mormon maintain that there is no language known as "reformed Egyptian."

What is "reformed Egyptian"?

Critics who raise the objection seem to be operating under the false impression that reformed Egyptian is used in the Book of Mormon as a proper name."

"The fact that modern linguists and philologists don't know of a script known as reformed Egyptian is irrelevant, since Mormon tells us that the script was called reformed Egyptian "by us."

Wow! That clears everything up! I wouldn't know any linguist or philologist that would make such a statement, and still be worth calling himself as such.

Why would Hebrews write in Egyptian of any sort? They were traditional enemies. Hebrews had their own written language.

Why is written language not widespread in the pre Columbian Americas? It isn't something a people loses, it's too valuable a skill. Mormons claim they wrote up to 400AD but never wrote anything but the Book of Mormon?

It's just one of the many things about Mormonism that makes no sense.

There is and was no such language. Joseph Smith said the gold plates were written in reformed Egyptian so he would be able to meet a challenge that might come up to provide a sample of the writing on the plates.

He did provide such a sample. It is just a mixture of nonsense characters and is untranslatable by experts in ancient writings, which is just what Smith intended. Since it is untranslatable, no one would have been able to refute his "translation" of the plates.

See also my response here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvRWu...

What is the name of the language?

The people whose writings are contained in the Book of Mormon came from Jerusalem. In the Book of Mormon it states:

32 And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech.

33 And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record.

34 But the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also that none other people knoweth our language; and because that none other people knoweth our language, therefore he hath prepared means for the interpretation thereof.

Reformed Egyptian just means that the writers of the Book of Mormon took the Egyptian language and changed some of its characters to suit thier needs for writing precisely. I like to think of it as what it is like to listen to someone from the South speak English which by the way I think is delightful. They have their own slang, own dialect, own way of describing themselves. This is the same as with the Book of Mormon.

There is no such language. Joseph Smith was trying to sound scholarly to make the scam more believable.

Egyptian? Lol... the Egyptians speak ARABIC. Ooof.