Coptic Language

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

Coptic in 20 Lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic with Exercises and Vocabularies

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)

A Coptic Palimpsest: Containing Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Judith and Esther in the Sahidic Dialect (Classic Reprint)

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

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

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

The Canons Of Athanasius Of Alexandria: The Arabic And Coptic Versions

The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Northern Dialect

South-Coptic Texts: A Criticism on M. Bouriant's "Éloges Du Martyr Victor, Fils De Romanus" (Classic Reprint)

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

Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt Edited from the Papyrus Codex Oriental in the British Museum

The Cult of the Seer in the Ancient Middle East: A Contribution to Current Research on Hallucinations Drawn from Coptic and Other Texts

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