Coptic: The Final Ancient Egyptian Language

The video provides an introduction to the Coptic language, its historical development, and its significance in early Christian studies and ancient Mediterranean religions. It explores the various dialects of Coptic, its script influenced by Greek, and the types of texts preserved in Coptic. The video also discusses Coptic's role in administration during the early Islamic period and efforts to revive it as a spoken language. Coptic remains a liturgical language in the Coptic Orthodox Church and is vital for understanding early Christianity and Egyptian history.

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