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The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ Amoun, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ Naberho, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ Herwōč, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ Taēsi) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
This is a list of traditional Coptic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of Egypt and the Coptic Christianity and the Coptic names given to them. Places whose names originate from the Coptic language. Places whose names were derived from the Coptic language by scholars.
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Coptic is not generally used today except by the members of the Coptic Orthodox Church to write their religious texts. All the Gnostic codices found at Nag Hammadi used the Coptic script. The Old Nubian alphabet—used to write Old Nubian , a Nilo-Saharan language —is an uncial variant of the Coptic script, with additional characters borrowed ...
ⲁⲓϫⲓⲙⲓ Aijimi a-i-jimi PFV - 1SG -find. ABS ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ əmpaiōt əm-p-a-iōt PREP - DEF: MASC: SG - 1SG -father ⲁⲓϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ Aijimi əmpaiōt a-i-jimi əm-p-a-iōt PFV-1SG-find.ABS PREP-DEF:MASC:SG-1SG-father 'I found my father.' Nominal state grade ⲁⲓϫⲉⲙ Aijem a-i-jem PFV - 1SG -find. NOM ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ paiōt p-a-iōt DEF: MASC: SG ...
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Coptic Christians lost their majority status in Egypt after the 14th century and the spread of Islam in the entirety of North Africa. Today, Copts form a major ethno-religious group whose origins date back to the Ancient Egyptians. [4] The Coptic Christian population in Egypt is the largest Christian community in the Middle East. [5]