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LANGUAGE

From written signs to everyday conversation.

Coptic / Script foundations

Coptic · core letter recognition

ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ

24 Greek-derived lower-case letters and seven familiar Egyptian extensions. ϧ is particularly associated with Bohairic; Sahidic does not use the same full inventory. Letter sounds must be tied to a dialect and reading tradition.

Coptic script writes Egyptian. Similar-looking Greek letters do not make a Coptic sentence Greek. The current language foundation is Sahidic.

recognition cards
31
scope
Letters, not a full sound course
Unicode character chart

Signs

31