Claude Rilly

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.

Claude Rilly
Born	(1959-11-04) November 4, 1959 (age 65)
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Linguist, Egyptologist, archaeologist
Academic work
Institutions	French National Centre for Scientific Research
Main interests	Meroitic and Nilo-Saharan languages
Notable works	Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique (2010)
Notable ideas	Northern Eastern Sudanic languages

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.

Linguistics

Rilly proposed the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages in 2010.^[4]