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Coptic language: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Omniglot - Coptic language and alphabet. Aug 20, 2026
Media added. Dec 01, 2025
Add new Web site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - The Egyptian Coptic Language: its setting in space, time and culture* (PDF). Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Christianity Today - What Language Is This? Coptic Comes to Christmas. Nov 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States - The Coptic Language. Sep 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The National Endowment for the Humanities - Coptic Language Manuscripts. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Egyptian-Coptic language: its setting in space, time and culture. Jan 08, 2024
Add new Web site: University of California Berkeley Library - Coptic. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Biblical Archaeology Society - What is Coptic? Jun 16, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Coptic Language. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Coptic language and alphabet. Jan 26, 2023
Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Coptic language. Nov 24, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Copts. Nov 24, 2011
Article revised and updated. Nov 13, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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