Bohairic Coptic

E229571

Coptic dialect language variety

Bohairic Coptic is the northern dialect of the Coptic language that became the principal liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bohairic Coptic canonical	5
Bohairic Coptic tradition	1
Northern Coptic	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Coptic dialect ⓘ language variety ⓘ
alternativeName	Memphitic Coptic ⓘ Bohairic Coptic ⓘ surface form: Northern Coptic
associatedChurch	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
developedFrom	Demotic script ⓘ surface form: Demotic Egyptian Late Egyptian ⓘ
dialectOf	Coptic language ⓘ
dominantLiturgicalDialectSince	medieval period ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Coptology ⓘ Egyptology ⓘ
grammaticalFeature	use of Coptic verb conjugation patterns ⓘ use of definite articles derived from Egyptian demonstratives ⓘ
hasAdditionalLettersFrom	Demotic Egyptian signs ⓘ
hasManuscriptTradition	medieval Coptic manuscripts in Bohairic dialect ⓘ
hasTransliterationSystem	various scholarly Coptic transliteration schemes ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bohairic region ⓘ
historicalStatus	spoken vernacular (medieval period) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	boh ⓘ
languageBranch	Egyptian language family ⓘ surface form: Egyptian languages
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageOf	Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
modernRevivalEfforts	Coptic language revival movement ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	distinction of certain vowels not found in other Coptic dialects ⓘ specific treatment of aspirated consonants ⓘ
primaryFunctionToday	religious ritual ⓘ
primaryUsage	liturgical language ⓘ
region	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ
religiousContext	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Christianity
replacedOtherDialectAsLiturgicalStandard	Sahidic Coptic ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
secondaryFunctionToday	academic study ⓘ
standardizedBy	Coptic Orthodox clergy ⓘ
status	liturgical ⓘ no native speakers ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic language variety ⓘ Coptic language ⓘ Egyptian language ⓘ
timePeriod	late Egyptian language phase ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Coptic Christians in Egypt ⓘ Coptic diaspora communities ⓘ
usedIn	Coptic Bible readings ⓘ Coptic ecclesiastical texts ⓘ Coptic hymnography ⓘ Coptic liturgy ⓘ
usesAlphabetDerivedFrom	Greek alphabet ⓘ
writingSystem	Coptic script ⓘ surface form: Coptic alphabet

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic language → hasDialect → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

Coptic language → currentLiturgicalDialect → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

Bohairic Coptic → alternativeName → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Coptic

Akhmimic Coptic → closelyRelatedTo → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

Fayyumic Coptic → closelyRelatedTo → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

Coptic literature → majorDialectUsed → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

Shenoutean corpus → relatedTo → Bohairic Coptic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bohairic Coptic tradition