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			File:Abydos_graffito_74.png\|Coptic language
			File:Coptic_liturgic_inscription.JPG\|Coptic liturgic inscription
			File:Page_from_19th_century_Coptic_Language_Grammar.png\|Page from 19th century Coptic Language Grammar
			File:Papyrus_Bodmer_VI_fol._16.jpg\|Papyrus Bodmer VI fol. 16
			File:Sandstone_stela,_inscribed_with_Coptic_text._The_names_Phoibammon_and_Abraham_appear._From_Egypt,_find_spot_unknown,_date_known._The_British_Museum,_London.jpg\|Sandstone stela, inscribed with Coptic text. The names Phoibammon and Abraham appear. From Egypt, find spot unknown, date known. The British Museum, London
			File:Coptic_and_Arabic_inscriptions_in_an_Old_Cairo_church.jpg\|Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in an Old Cairo church
			File:Papyrus_Bodmer_III_p._142.png\|Papyrus Bodmer III p. 142
			File:Shred_of_a_pottery_vessel_inscribed_with_5_lines,_Coptic_Sahidic_language._Byzantine_period,_6th_century_CE._From_Thebes,_Egypt._The_Petrie_Museum_of_Egyptian_Archaeology,_London.jpg\|Shred of a pottery vessel inscribed with 5 lines, Coptic Sahidic language. Byzantine period, 6th century CE. From Thebes, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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'''Coptic language''' is the final 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 new writing system became the [[Coptic script]], an adapted Greek alphabet with the addition of six to seven signs from the demotic script to represent Egyptian sounds the Greek language did not have.

==History==
The Coptic language is recorded as the latest phase of the [[Egyptian language]]. It was used from the 2nd to 17th century AD. The language was used as a spoken language until the late 17th century AD, when it was supplanted by [[Egyptian Arabic]] following the [[Muslim conquest of Egypt]]. It remains in use as the liturgical language of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]].

==Dialects==
Coptic language has several dialects, including Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, and Fayyumic. The most widely used dialect today is the [[Bohairic dialect]], which is used in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

==Writing System==
The Coptic alphabet is a slightly modified form of the Greek alphabet, with some letters (which vary between dialects) deriving from demotic. As a result, the Coptic alphabet has more letters than the Greek. The extra letters come from the demotic script and are used to express phonemes that the Greek language does not have.

==Modern Use==
Today, Coptic is mostly used within the Coptic Church. It is taught worldwide in many prestigious institutions for its importance in understanding ancient Egyptian civilization and its literature.

==See Also==
* [[Coptic Alphabet]]
* [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]
* [[Egyptian language]]
* [[Greek alphabet]]
* [[Demotic script]]

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[[Category:Afro-Asiatic languages]]
[[Category:Liturgical languages]]
[[Category:Dead languages]]
[[Category:Coptic language]]
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