Coptic language

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Afroasiatic language Egyptian language dead language language liturgical language

The Coptic language is the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, written in the Coptic alphabet and historically used as the liturgical and literary language of the Coptic Christian community.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Coptic	12
Oxyrhynchite Coptic	1
Sahidic Coptic	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Egyptian language ⓘ dead language ⓘ language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
alsoUsedHistoricallyIn	Nubia ⓘ
associatedWith	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Church Coptic identity ⓘ
basicWordOrder	verb–subject–object ⓘ
classicalLiteraryDialect	Sahidic Coptic ⓘ
containsManyLoanwordsFrom	Greek language ⓘ
currentLiturgicalDialect	Bohairic Coptic ⓘ
declineAsSpokenLanguageCentury	17th century ⓘ
developedFrom	Demotic script ⓘ surface form: Demotic Egyptian Late Egyptian ⓘ
earliestAttestationCentury	2nd century CE ⓘ
family	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
finalStageOf	Egyptian language family ⓘ surface form: Egyptian language
glottocode	copt1239 ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	no ⓘ
hasDialect	Akhmimic Coptic ⓘ Bohairic Coptic ⓘ Fayyumic Coptic ⓘ Akhmimic Coptic ⓘ surface form: Lycopolitan Coptic Coptic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oxyrhynchite Coptic Coptic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sahidic Coptic
hasGenderDistinction	masculine and feminine ⓘ
hasNumberDistinction	singular and plural ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Egyptian ⓘ
influenced	Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek language ⓘ
iso639-2Code	cop ⓘ
iso639-3Code	cop ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageOf	Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
morphologicalType	fusional ⓘ
primaryCommunity	Copts ⓘ surface form: Coptic Christians
primaryCountry	Egypt ⓘ
region	Egypt ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
script	Coptic script ⓘ surface form: Coptic alphabet
standardizedByCentury	4th century CE ⓘ
status	no native speakers ⓘ revival efforts ⓘ used liturgically ⓘ
subfamily	Egyptian language family ⓘ surface form: Egyptian languages
usedFor	biblical translations ⓘ hagiographical texts ⓘ legal documents ⓘ letters ⓘ monastic literature ⓘ theological works ⓘ
usesAdditionalLettersFrom	Demotic script ⓘ surface form: Demotic Egyptian
usesDefiniteArticle	yes ⓘ
usesIndefiniteArticle	yes ⓘ
usesScriptDerivedFrom	Greek alphabet ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingMaterialHistorically	papyrus ⓘ parchment ⓘ
writingSystem	Coptic script ⓘ surface form: Coptic alphabet
writingSystemUnicodeBlock	Coptic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coptic

Referenced by (24)

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

Ancient Egyptian → followedBy → Coptic language ⓘ

Coptic language → hasDialect → Coptic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahidic Coptic

Coptic language → hasDialect → Coptic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxyrhynchite Coptic

Kellia → hasLanguage → Coptic language ⓘ