Bohairic region

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The Bohairic region is the area of northern Egypt, particularly around the Nile Delta, where the Bohairic dialect of Coptic historically developed and was used.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
associatedWithLanguage Coptic language NERFINISHED
country Egypt
hasCulturalHeritage Coptic Christian tradition
hasDialect Bohairic dialect
hasEcclesiasticalUse Bohairic liturgical texts
hasLinguisticFeature Northern Coptic dialect characteristics
hasScript Coptic script NERFINISHED
hasWritingTradition Bohairic Coptic manuscripts
historicallyUsedIn late phases of the Coptic language
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
influencedBy Christianization of Egypt NERFINISHED
Hellenistic Egypt NERFINISHED
languageRole center of development of Bohairic Coptic
languageStatus primary region of Bohairic Coptic usage
linkedTo Patriarchate of Alexandria NERFINISHED
locatedIn Nile Delta NERFINISHED
northern Egypt NERFINISHED
near Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
partOf Coptic Egypt NERFINISHED
Lower Egypt NERFINISHED
precededBy Demotic Egyptian usage in the area
religiousAssociation Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
usedFor Bohairic dialect of Coptic NERFINISHED

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Bohairic Coptic historicalRegion Bohairic region