Coptic

Summary

Coptic is a dead language^[1]. Coptic ranks in the top 3% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,822 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Coptic is in the country of Egypt^[3].
• Coptic is in the country of Ancient Egypt^[4].
• Coptic's instance of is recorded as dead language^[5].
• Coptic's instance of is recorded as sacred language^[6].
• Coptic's instance of is recorded as chronolect^[7].
• Coptic followed Demotic Egyptian^[8].
• Coptic is a type of Egyptian^[9].
• Coptic's writing system is recorded as Coptic script^[10].
• Coptic's Commons category is recorded as Coptic language^[11].
• Coptic's Wikimedia language code is recorded as cop^[12].
• Coptic began on 150^[13].
• Coptic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coptic language^[14].
• Coptic's language regulatory body is recorded as Institute of Coptology^[15].
• Coptic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[16].
• Coptic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[17].
• Coptic's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18].
• Coptic's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[19].
• Coptic's native label is recorded as ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ^[20].
• Coptic's native label is recorded as ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ^[21].
• Coptic's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct^[22].
• Coptic's indigenous to is recorded as Egyptians^[23].
• Coptic's studied by is recorded as Coptology^[24].
• Coptic's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/COP^[25].
• Coptic's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q13196577^[26].
• Coptic's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Second language only^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dead language^[5], sacred language^[6], and chronolect^[7]. Coptic is a type of Egyptian^[9].

Why It Matters

Coptic ranks in the top 3% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,822 views/month).^[2] Coptic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Coptic is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]