Coptic
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Coptic may refer to:
In Arabic the word is : قبطي
- The Copts: were a major ethnic group in Egypt. This term described all the people living in Egypt under Roman rule during the 4th to 6th centuries A.D., and until the Muslims took over.
- The Coptic languageCoptic languageCoptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...
, the final stage of the Egyptian language, was a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 8th century.- The Coptic alphabetCoptic alphabetThe Coptic alphabet is the script used for writing the Coptic language. The repertoire of glyphs is based on the Greek alphabet augmented by letters borrowed from the Demotic and is the first alphabetic script used for the Egyptian language...
, the script used for writing the Coptic language.
- The Coptic alphabet
In Arabic the word is : قبطي