Coptic language

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Coptic 23
Coptic language canonical 21
Oxyrhynchite Coptic 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Egyptian language
dead language
language
liturgical language
alsoUsedHistoricallyIn Nubia
associatedWith Coptic Church
Coptic identity
basicWordOrder verb–subject–object
classicalLiteraryDialect Sahidic Coptic
containsManyLoanwordsFrom Greek language
currentLiturgicalDialect Bohairic Coptic
declineAsSpokenLanguageCentury 17th century
developedFrom Demotic Egyptian
linked to: Demotic script

Late Egyptian
earliestAttestationCentury 2nd century CE
family Afroasiatic languages
finalStageOf Egyptian language
glottocode copt1239
hasCaseSystem no
hasDialect Akhmimic Coptic
Bohairic Coptic
Fayyumic Coptic
Lycopolitan Coptic
linked to: Akhmimic Coptic

Oxyrhynchite Coptic
linked to: Coptic language

Sahidic Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
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 Coptic Christians
linked to: Copts
primaryCountry Egypt
region Egypt
religion Christianity
script Coptic alphabet
linked to: Coptic script
standardizedByCentury 4th century CE
status no native speakers
revival efforts
used liturgically
subfamily Egyptian languages
usedFor biblical translations
hagiographical texts
legal documents
letters
monastic literature
theological works
usesAdditionalLettersFrom Demotic Egyptian
linked to: Demotic script
usesDefiniteArticle yes
usesIndefiniteArticle yes
usesScriptDerivedFrom Greek alphabet
writingDirection left-to-right
writingMaterialHistorically papyrus
parchment
writingSystem Coptic alphabet
linked to: Coptic script
writingSystemUnicodeBlock Coptic
linked to: Coptic language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

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

Copts languageTradition Coptic language
Copts liturgicalLanguage Coptic language
Afroasiatic languages includesLanguage Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Byzantine Egypt language Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Egyptian Arabic influencedBy Coptic language
Boutros usageLanguage Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Sais laterLanguageUsed Coptic language
Coptic language hasDialect Sahidic Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Coptic language hasDialect Oxyrhynchite Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Coptic language writingSystemUnicodeBlock Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Scetes languageOfEarlyMonks Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Nitria languageOfCommunity Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Kellia hasLanguage Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Coptic script usedFor Coptic language
Coptic script unicodeBlock Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Desert Mothers language Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Egyptology languageOfSources Coptic language
Eastern Christianity usesLiturgicalLanguage Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Coptic Catholic Church usesLiturgicalLanguage Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Egyptian language family hasPart Coptic language
Egyptian language family hasStage Coptic language
Ancient Egyptian followedBy Coptic language
Ancient Egyptian influenced Coptic language
Manichaeism language Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Akhmim hasLanguageUsedHistorically Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Nubian languages influencedBy Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Nobatia languageUsed Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Alodia languageUsed Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Coptic period languageUsed Coptic language
Old Nubian usesDiacriticsFrom Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Nubian Church liturgicalUse Coptic language
Late Egyptian precedes Coptic language
Late Egyptian influenced Coptic language
Paremoude languageOfName Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Epip languageOfName Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Mesori languageForm Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Bohairic Coptic subclassOf Coptic language
Bohairic Coptic dialectOf Coptic language
Akhmimic Coptic subdivisionOf Coptic language
Fayyumic Coptic subdivisionOf Coptic language
Scetis languageOfCommunity Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Atripé hasLanguage Coptic language
Sahidic Coptic subclassOf Coptic language
Middle Egyptian influenced Coptic language
Coptic Epact Numbers script Coptic
linked to: Coptic language
Karanis hasLanguageEvidence Coptic
linked to: Coptic language