Fayyūmic

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Fayyumic was a dialect of Coptic spoken in Middle Egypt during the early Christian period. Coptic itself is the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, written using the Greek alphabet with some additional letters from demotic script. Fayyumic is one of the six main Coptic dialects, with others spoken in Upper and Lower Egypt. Fragments of a New Testament translation in the Fayyumic dialect have survived. The term "Fayyumic" can also refer to anything related to the Fayum region of Egypt.123

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The Fayyūmic dialect of Upper Egypt, spoken along the Nile River valley chiefly on the west bank, survived until the 8th century. Asyūṭic, or Sub-Akhmīmic, spoken around Asyūṭ, flourished in the 4th century. In it are preserved a text of the Gospel According to John and…
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The Fayyūmic dialect of Upper Egypt, spoken along the Nile River valley chiefly on the west bank, survived until the 8th century. Asyūṭic, or Sub-Akhmīmic, spoken around Asyūṭ, flourished in the 4th century. In it are preserved a text of the Gospel According to John and…
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