Coptic script

E45035
alphabet writing system

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Coptic script canonical 15
Coptic alphabet 8
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 (26)

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

Copts → script → Coptic script ⓘ
Greek alphabet → influenced → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Byzantine Egypt → usesScript → Coptic script ⓘ
Egyptians → writingSystemHistorical → Coptic script ⓘ
Old Nubian script (historically) → derivedFrom → Coptic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Nubian script
Old Nubian script (historically) → containsBorrowedLettersFrom → Coptic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Nubian script
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Coptic language → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Coptic language → script → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Eastern Sudanic languages → writingSystemUsed → Coptic script ⓘ
Coptic script → usedIn → Coptic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic letters
Egyptology → studiesScript → Coptic script ⓘ
Egyptian language family → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
Meroitic script → replacedBy → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic script (in neighboring Egypt)
Coptic period → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
Old Nubian → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
Old Nubian → usesNumeralsFrom → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic numerals
Kingdom of Nobadia → usedScript → Coptic script ⓘ
Paremoude → writingSystemOfName → Coptic script ⓘ
Pashons → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
Egyptian antiquities → writingSystemUsed → Coptic script ⓘ
Bohairic Coptic → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Akhmimic Coptic → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Fayyumic Coptic → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Shenoutean corpus → script → Coptic script ⓘ
Sahidic Coptic → writingSystem → Coptic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic alphabet
Hieratic script → coexistedWith → Coptic script ⓘ