demˈic adjective (rare)

Of the people

demotˈic adjective

1. Relating to the people
2. Popular
3. Relating to the common spoken form of a language, as opposed to the literary form

1. Colloquial language
2. (with cap) a simplified kind of writing distinguished from the hieratic, or priestly, and from hieroglyphics (ancient Egypt)

demotˈicist or demotˈist noun

A person who studies demotic script