Coptic script
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Coptic script is an alphabetic writing system used primarily by Egyptian Christians to write the Coptic language, derived largely from the Greek alphabet with additional characters from Demotic Egyptian.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coptic alphabet | 4 |
| Coptic letters | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coptic identity
ⓘ
Coptic language revival efforts ⓘ |
| contains |
Greek letters
ⓘ
additional letters from Demotic ⓘ vowel letters ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Demotic script
ⓘ
surface form:
Demotic Egyptian script
Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| developed | around 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
diacritical marks
ⓘ
explicit vowel notation ⓘ numerical use of letters ⓘ separate upper and lower case forms ⓘ |
| hasScriptFamily | Greek script family ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Byzantine Egypt
ⓘ
Early Islamic period ⓘ
surface form:
Early Islamic Egypt
Byzantine Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Late Roman Egypt
|
| ISO15924Code | Copt ⓘ |
| predecessor | Greek uncial script ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Egypt
ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Demotic script
ⓘ
Greek script ⓘ |
| scriptFor |
Bohairic dialect of Coptic
ⓘ
Sahidic dialect of Coptic ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Christian communities in Egypt ⓘ |
| status | primarily liturgical and scholarly use today ⓘ |
| successor | continued use of Greek script in Egypt ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock |
Coptic language
ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic
Coptic Epact Numbers ⓘ |
| usedAs |
liturgical script
ⓘ
sacred script of Coptic Christianity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Coptic Catholic Church
ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Copts ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian Christians
|
| usedFor |
Coptic language
ⓘ
recording Egyptian dialects in Christian period ⓘ translation of the Bible into Coptic ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Coptic Bible manuscripts
ⓘ
Coptic hagiographies ⓘ Coptic legal documents ⓘ Coptic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic letters
Coptic liturgy ⓘ Coptic religious texts ⓘ Coptic literature ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic theological literature
|
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Nubian script
this entity surface form:
Coptic alphabet
subject surface form:
Old Nubian script
this entity surface form:
Coptic alphabet
this entity surface form:
Coptic alphabet
this entity surface form:
Coptic letters
this entity surface form:
Coptic alphabet