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Coptic

TypeAlphabet
LanguagesCoptic language
Time periodc. 300 AD to 14th century AD (Still used today in Coptic churches in Egypt and abroad)
Parent systems
Phoenician and Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • Greek and Demotic
    • Coptic alphabet
Sister systemsOld Nubian
Latin
Cyrillic
Armenian





image maj. image min. majuscule minuscule numeric value name Greek
equivalent
translit. (IPA)
1 alpha Α, α a [a]
2 bēta Β, β w,v,b [w]
3 gamma Γ, γ g [ɡ]
4 dalda Δ, δ d [d]
5 ei Ε, ε e [i]
6 su ϛ (stigma)
7 zēta Ζ, ζ z [z]
8 ēta Η, η ē,e [eː]
9 thēta Θ, θ th,t' [tʰ]
10 iōta Ι, ι i [iː]
20 kappa Κ, κ k [k]
30 laula Λ, λ l [l]
40 Μ, μ m [m]
50 Ν, ν n [n]
60 ksi Ξ, ξ ks [ks]
70 o Ο, ο o [o]
80 pi Π, π p [p]
100 Ρ, ρ r [r]
200 sēmma Σ, σ, ς s [s]
300 tau Τ, τ t [t]
400 he Υ, υ u,ou [uː]
500 phi Φ, φ ph,p' [pʰ]
600 khi Χ, χ kh [kʰ]
700 psi Ψ, ψ ps
800 ō Ω, ω ō,o [oː]
Ϣ
ϣ
šai (none) sh [ʃ]
Ϥ
ϥ
90 fai (none) f [f]
Ϧ (Ⳉ)
ϧ (ⳉ)
xai (none) x [x]
Ϩ
ϩ
hori (none) h [h]
Ϫ
ϫ
ḏanḏia (none) j,dzh [dʒ]
Ϭ
ϭ
qima Ϙ, ϙ (koppa) q [q]
Ϯ
ϯ
ti (none) ti [ti]
900 psis nše (none)