Coptic language
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Coptic or Coptic Egyptian (ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ Met Remenkēmi) 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.
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See also
- Coptic alphabet
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Egyptian language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Nag Hammadi library
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