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Coptic or Coptic Egyptian (Bohairic: ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ti.met.rem.ən.khēmi and Sahidic: ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ t.mənt.rəm.ən.kēme) is the latest stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afroasiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written in the Coptic alphabet, an adaptation of the Greek alphabet with the addition of six or seven signs from demotic to represent Egyptian sounds the Greek language did not have, in the first century AD.

Several distinct Coptic dialects are identified, the most prominent of which are Sahidic, originating in parts of Upper Egypt, ...more

Coptic Language Books

A Compendious Grammar of the Egyptian Language as Contained in the Coptic, Sahidic, and Bashmuric Dialects: Together With Alphabets and Numerals in ... and Enchorial Characters (Classic Reprint)
Coptic in 20 Lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic with Exercises and Vocabularies
The Divine Liturgy of Saint Mark the Evangelist: Translated From an Old Coptic Ms., and Compared With the Printed Copy of That Same Liturgy As Arranged by S. Cyril
The Apostolical Constitutions: Or, Canons Of The Apostles, In Coptic
The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt
A Coptic Palimpsest: Containing Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Judith and Esther in the Sahidic Dialect (Classic Reprint)
The Canons Of Athanasius Of Alexandria: The Arabic And Coptic Versions
Saint Michael the Archangel: Three Enconiums by Theodosius, Archbishop of Alexandria; Severus, Patriarch of Antioch; and Eustathius, Bishop of Trake : ... Extracts From Arabic and Ethiopian Versions
Wadi Sarga: Coptic And Greek Texts From The Excavations Undertaken By The Byzantine Research Account
A Compendious Grammar of the Egyptian Language As Contained in the Coptic and Sahidic Dialects: With Observations On the Bashmuric: Together With ... in the Hieroglyphic and Enchorial Characters
South-Coptic Texts
A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers; and From the Various Office-books and Hymns of the Roman, Mazarabic, Ambrosian, ... Coptic, Armenian, and Syrian Rites Volume 3
Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt Edited from the Papyrus Codex Oriental in the British Museum
The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect
The Nag Hammadi Library
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