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Coptic is the most recent phase of ancient Egyptian. It is the direct descendant of the ancient language written in Egyptian hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts. The Coptic alphabet is a slightly modified form of the Greek alphabet, with some letters (which vary from dialect to dialect) deriving from demotic. As a living language of daily conversation, Coptic flourished from ca. 200 to 1100. The last record of its being spoken was during the 17th century. Coptic survives today as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Egyptian Arabic is the spoken and national language of Egypt today.
Click on to listen... > click the "right arrow" button to skip the Christian music > click "Alphabet - capital" > place cursor over letter to hear their sound; click letter to get examples
Note: click the "X" letter and learn how the word "Kemi" is pronounced in Coptic.
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