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<p>New page: '''Coptic''' or '''Coptic Egyptian''' (Bohairic: &lt;big&gt;ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ&lt;/big&gt; ''timetremənkʰēmi'' and Sahidic: &lt;big&gt;ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ&lt;/big&gt; ''t...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Coptic''' or '''Coptic Egyptian''' (Bohairic: &lt;big&gt;ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ&lt;/big&gt; ''timetremənkʰēmi'' and Sahidic: &lt;big&gt;ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ&lt;/big&gt; ''tməntrəmənkēme'') is the latest stage of the [[Egyptian language]], a northern [[Afro-Asiatic language]] spoken in [[Egypt]] until at least the 17th century.&lt;sup&gt;[4]&lt;/sup&gt; In the 2nd century BC, Egyptian began to be written in the [[Coptic alphabet]], which is an adaptation of the [[Greek alphabet]]&lt;sup&gt;[5]&lt;/sup&gt;with the addition of six or seven signs from [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic Egyptian]] to represent Afro-Asiatic sounds that the [[Greek language]] did not have.&lt;sup&gt;[6]&lt;/sup&gt;<br /> <br /> Several distinct Coptic dialects are identified, the most prominent of which are ''Sahidic'', originating in parts of [[Upper Egypt]] and ''Bohairic'', originally from the western [[Nile Delta]] in [[Lower Egypt]].<br /> <br /> Coptic and Demotic are grammatically closely related to [[Late Egyptian language|Late Egyptian]], which was written with [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]]. Coptic flourished as a [[literary language]] from the 2nd to 13th centuries and its Bohairic dialect continues to be the [[liturgical language]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. It was supplanted by [[Egyptian Arabic]] as a [[spoken language]] toward the [[early modern period]], but [[language revitalisation]] efforts have been underway since the 19th century.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * 4. Coptic Encyclopedia; http://cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cce/id/520<br /> * 5. <br /> * 6. <br /> <br /> {{Donate}}</div>

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