Coptic:Sounds and Writing
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The Coptic language uses an alphabet that's based on the Greek alphabet used in Alexandria at the time of the Greek conquest of Alexander the great. It resembles a lunate (rounded) form of ancient Greek. There are also a number of letters that were derived from the Demotic script used in Egypt before Greek was enforced.
Alphabet and html character entities
| Coptic alphabet | ||||
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| Large | Small | Sound1 | Name | html |
| Ⲁ | ⲁ | a | ⲁⲗⲫⲁalfa | 11392 11393 |
| Ⲃ | ⲃ | b | ⲃⲏⲧⲁbeta | 11394 11395 |
| Ⲅ | ⲅ | g | ⲅⲁⲙⲙⲁgamma | 11396 11397 |
| Ⲇ | ⲇ | d | ⲇⲁⲗⲇⲁdalda | 11398 11399 |
| Ⲉ | ⲉ | e | ⲉⲓei | 11400 11401 |
| Ⲍ | ⲍ | z | ⲍⲏⲧⲁzeta | 11404 11405 |
| Ⲏ | ⲏ | e: | ϩⲏⲧⲁheta | 11406 11407 |
| Ⲑ | ⲑ | th | ⲑⲏⲧⲁtheta | 11408 11409 |
| Ⲓ | ⲓ | i, j | ⲓⲱⲧⲁiota | 11410 11411 |
| Ⲕ | ⲕ | k | ⲕⲁⲡⲡⲁkappa | 11412 11413 |
| Ⲗ | ⲗ | l | ⲗⲁⲩⲇⲁlauda | 11414 11415 |
| Ⲙ | ⲙ | m | ⲙⲏme | 11416 11417 |
| Ⲛ | ⲛ | n | ⲛⲉne | 11418 11419 |
| Ⲝ | ⲝ | ks | ⲝⲓksi | 11420 11421 |
| Ⲟ | ⲟ | o | ⲟⲩou | 11422 11423 |
| Ⲡ | ⲡ | p | ⲡⲓpi | 11424 11425 |
| Ⲣ | ⲣ | r | ⲣⲱro | 11426 11427 |
| Ⲥ | ⲥ | s | ⲥⲏⲙⲙⲁsemma | 11428 11429 |
| Ⲧ | ⲧ | t | ⲧⲁⲩtau | 11430 11431 |
| Ⲩ | ⲩ | w, v, u | ϩⲉhe | 11432 11433 |
| Ⲫ | ⲫ | ph | ⲫⲓphi | 11434 11435 |
| Ⲭ | ⲭ | kh | ⲭⲓkhi | 11436 11437 |
| Ⲯ | ⲯ | ps | ⲯⲓpsi | 11438 11439 |
| Ⲱ | ⲱ | o | ⲱo | 11440 11441 |
| Ϣ | ϣ | ʃ | ϣⲁⲓshai | 994 995 |
| Ϥ | ϥ | f | ϥⲁⲓfai | 996 997 |
| Ϩ | ϩ | h | ϩⲟⲣⲓhori | 1000 1001 |
| Ϫ | ϫ | dʒ | ϫⲁⲛϫⲓⲁjanjia | 1002 1003 |
| Ϭ | ϭ | q | ϭⲓⲙⲁqima | 1004 1005 |
| Ϯ | ϯ | ti | ϯti | 1006 1007 |
1: As this language is no longer spoken regularly we aren't exactly sure how these are pronounced entirely.
Other Marks
Combining Macron: x0304
Combining Diaresis: x0308
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