Sahidic

Sahidic is a dialect of the Coptic language, which represents the final stage of ancient Egyptian. It was spoken in southern Egypt, specifically in Upper Egypt, and was originally centered around the city of Thebes. After the 5th century, Sahidic became the standard Coptic dialect for all of Upper Egypt and is considered one of the best-documented dialects. Coptic itself was written using the Greek alphabet, with some additions from demotic script, and incorporated many Greek loanwords. Coptic literature, primarily religious in nature, emerged from the 2nd century CE onwards.123