Coptic
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- Language: Coptic
- Alternate names: NEO-EGYPTIAN, Coptic Egyptian
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:cop
- Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Egyptian
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script: -
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Introduction
Coptic is the final stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the seventeenth century. eral distinct Coptic dialects are identified, the most prominent of which are Sahidic and Bohairic.
Coptic is the liturgical language of the Coptic Church. Estimated 6,500,000 Coptic Christians worldwide.
Alphabet
Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the first century. The new writing system became the Coptic script, an adapted Greek alphabet with the addition of six to seven signs from the demotic script to represent Egyptian sounds the Greek language did not have. Sev
The verb
Sample verb: κωτ (kōt)
Present
| sg.1 | tikōt | ϯκωτ |
| sg.2 m | kkōt | κκωτ |
| sg.2 f | tekōt | τεκωτ |
| sg.3 m | fkōt | ϥκωτ |
| sg.3 f | skōt | ϲκωτ |
| pl.1 | tənkōt | τν̅κωτ |
| pl.2 | tetənkōt | τετν̅κωτ |
| pl.3 | sekōt | ϲεκωτ |
Future
| sg.1 | tinakōt | ϯνακωτ |
| sg.2 m | knakōt | κνακωτ |
| sg.2 f | tenakōt | τενακωτ |
| sg.3 m | fnakōt | ϥνακωτ |
| sg.3 f | snakōt | ϲνακωτ |
| pl.1 | tənnakōt | τν̅νακωτ |
| pl.2 | tetnakōt | τετνακωτ |
| pl.3 | senakōt | ϲενακωτ |
References
- Marjanen, Antti. Johdatus Koptin kieleen. Suomen egyptologinen seura. edition. .
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