Thirty-one letters. Five thousand years.
Twenty-four letters borrowed from Greek, plus seven uniquely Egyptian letters from Demotic to capture sounds Greek couldn't. Click any letter to hear its name and see it in use.
Coptic is the final chapter of the Egyptian language — the tongue of pharaohs, scholars, and saints. Master its 31 letters, hear its sound, and read texts written when the pyramids were already ancient.
From the same root as ancient Egyptian "rmṯ" — used continuously for over four thousand years.
Whether you're drawn by history, scholarship, faith, or pure linguistic curiosity — Coptic opens doors most people don't know exist.
Coptic is the only direct linguistic descendant of the language spoken in the temples of Karnak. Learn it, and you're touching a thread that runs five thousand years deep.
The Nag Hammadi library, early Christian writings, monastic letters, magical papyri — most have never been fully translated. Learn Coptic, and they open up.
Still chanted every week in Coptic Orthodox churches across the world. Learning the language deepens what you hear.
An Egyptian language written in Greek letters, with grammar that breaks every Indo-European assumption. If you love languages, Coptic is an adventure.
Twenty-four letters borrowed from Greek, plus seven uniquely Egyptian letters from Demotic to capture sounds Greek couldn't. Click any letter to hear its name and see it in use.
A clear curriculum, with audio, side-by-side translations, and lessons short enough for a coffee break.
Learn the alphabet, master pronunciation, write your name in Coptic.
Greetings, numbers, common phrases — the words you'd reach for on day one.
Short passages, hymns, and parables — read them in Coptic with full guidance.
Grammar in depth, composition, and reading classical texts unaided.
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A growing library of resources for when you want to go further on your own.
Search Coptic ↔ English ↔ Arabic ↔ Greek. Every entry includes Egyptian etymology, dialect notes, and example usage from real texts.
Open the dictionaryNative pronunciation for every letter, every common word, and full chapters of classical texts read aloud.
Browse recordingsRead alongside translations: hymns, the Gospels in Bohairic, the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, and more — line by line.
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