Coptic
latest stage of the Egyptian language
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Summary
Coptic is a dead language[1]. Coptic ranks in the top 3% of dead language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,151 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Egypt[3], Ancient Egypt[4]
- Instance of: sacred language[5], chronolect[6]
- Follows: Demotic Egyptian[7]
- Subclass of: Egyptian[8]
- Writing system: Coptic script[9]
- Commons category: Coptic language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: cop[11]
- Start time: 150[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Coptic language[13]
- Language regulatory body: Institute of Coptology[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[15]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18]
- Native label: ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ[19], ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ[20]
- UNESCO language status: 6 extinct[21]
- Indigenous to: Egyptians[22]
- Studied by: Coptology[23]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/COP[24]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q13196577[25]
- Ethnologue language status: 9 Second language only[26]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[27], nominative–accusative language[28], agglutinative language[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
- Wikimedia Incubator URL: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/cop[31]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Coptic-language music[32]
Why It Matters
Coptic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Coptic is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]