Coptic

ISO 15924: CoptAlphabet5 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

ⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲩϫⲡⲟ ⲉⲩⲣⲏϫ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲟ ⲛ̀ⲑⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉⲩⲙⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧϭⲓⲟⲙ

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Greek / Egyptian
Geographic origin
North Africa
Usage status
Historical script
OpenType tag
copt
The liturgical script of Coptic Christianity. Derived from Greek uncial with 7 additional letters from Demotic Egyptian. Last stage of the ancient Egyptian language.

Related Scripts

GrekGreekEgypEgyptian hieroglyphs

Unicode Blocks

Greek and CopticU+0370CopticU+2C80

2 Unicode blocks contain Coptic characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
4

Coptic
cop
Nobiin
fia
Old Nubian
onw
Kenzi
xnz

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Andaandi
dglSingle source