Fayyumic dialect

E816550

Coptic dialect language variety

The Fayyumic dialect is a regional variety of the Coptic language historically used in Egypt’s Faiyum region, notable for its distinctive phonological and orthographic features.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fayumic dialect	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Coptic dialect ⓘ language variety ⓘ
attestedIn	Coptic biblical fragments ⓘ papyri from the Faiyum ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
developedFrom	Late Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	Akhmimic dialect ⓘ Bohairic dialect ⓘ Lycopolitan dialect ⓘ Oxyrhynchite dialect ⓘ Sahidic dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	3rd century CE ⓘ 4th century CE ⓘ 5th century CE ⓘ
glottologCode	fayy1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Fayumic Coptic NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayumic dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayyumic Coptic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	distinctive orthography ⓘ distinctive phonology ⓘ regional lexical variants ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch	Coptic dialectology ⓘ
hasOrthographicFeature	characteristic spelling conventions differing from Sahidic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct treatment of Proto-Coptic /l/ and /r/ ⓘ specific reflexes of earlier Egyptian consonants ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Late Egyptian language phase ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek language ⓘ
ISO639-3	fay ⓘ
languageBranch	Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
partOf	Coptic language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Middle Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptOrigin	Greek alphabet with additional Demotic-derived letters ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedIn	Coptic studies ⓘ Egyptology ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Lower Egyptian Coptic dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Coptic-speaking Christian communities ⓘ
usedFor	Christian texts ⓘ biblical manuscripts ⓘ documentary papyri ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ
usedIn	Faiyum Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Faiyum region NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInReligion	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Coptic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Fayyumic Coptic → hasAlternativeName → Fayyumic dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fayumic dialect