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This page is a resource for best practices and standards in unicode-encoded Coptic. The page is in progress. It currently uses the Antinoou font to display Coptic characters. The Coptic letter ⲟ is used in conjunction with combining characters to aid in display.

=====The Coptic Alphabet=====

|character|transliteration|unicode code point|unicode name|names used by western scholars (based on Layton 2011)|
|Ϣ|Š|U+03E2|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHEI|šai|
|ϣ|š|U+03E3|COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHEI|šai|
|Ϥ|F|U+03E4|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FEI|fai|
|ϥ|f|U+03E5|COPTIC SMALL LETTER FEI|fai|
|Ϧ|Ḫ|U+03E6|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHEI| |
|ϧ|ḫ|U+03E7|COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHEI| |
|Ϩ|H|U+03E8|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER HORI|hore(h)|
|ϩ|h|U+03E9|COPTIC SMALL LETTER HORI|hore(h)|
|Ϫ|Č|U+03EA|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA|djandja|
|ϫ|č|U+03EB|COPTIC SMALL LETTER GANGIA|djandja|
|Ϭ|C|U+03EC|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHIMA|kyima|
|ϭ|c|U+03ED|COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA|kyima|
|Ϯ|T<sup>i</sup>|U+03EE|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DEI|ti|
|ϯ|t<sup>i</sup>|U+03EF|COPTIC SMALL LETTER DEI|ti|
|Ⲁ|A|U+2C80|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER ALFA|alpha|
|ⲁ|a|U+2C81|COPTIC SMALL LETTER ALFA|alpha|
|Ⲃ|B|U+2C82|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER VIDA|beta|
|ⲃ|b|U+2C83|COPTIC SMALL LETTER VIDA|beta|
|Ⲅ|G|U+2C84|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA|gamma|
|ⲅ|g|U+2C85|COPTIC SMALL LETTER GAMMA|gamma|
|Ⲇ|D|U+2C86|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DALDA|delta|
|ⲇ|d|U+2C87|COPTIC SMALL LETTER DALDA|delta|
|Ⲉ|E|U+2C88|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER EIE|epsilon|
|ⲉ|e|U+2C89|COPTIC SMALL LETTER EIE|epsilon|
|Ⲍ|Z|U+2C8C|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER ZATA|zeta|
|ⲍ|z|U+2C8D|COPTIC SMALL LETTER ZATA|zeta|
|Ⲏ|Ê|U+2C8E|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER HATE|eta|
|ⲏ|ê|U+2C8F|COPTIC SMALL LETTER HATE|eta|
|Ⲑ|T<sup>h</sup>|U+2C90|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER THETHE|theta|
|ⲑ|t<sup>h</sup>|U+2C91|COPTIC SMALL LETTER THETHE|theta|
|Ⲓ|I|U+2C92|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER IAUDA|iota|
|ⲓ|i|U+2C93|COPTIC SMALL LETTER IAUDA|iota|
|Ⲕ|K|U+2C94|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KAPA|kappa|
|ⲕ|k|U+2C95|COPTIC SMALL LETTER KAPA|kappa|
|Ⲗ|L|U+2C96|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER LAULA|lambda|
|ⲗ|l|U+2C97|COPTIC SMALL LETTER LAULA|lambda|
|Ⲙ|M|U+2C98|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER MI|mu|
|ⲙ|m|U+2C99|COPTIC SMALL LETTER MI|mu|
|Ⲛ|N|U+2C9A|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER NI|nu|
|ⲛ|n|U+2C9B|COPTIC SMALL LETTER NI|nu|
|Ⲝ|K<sup>s</sup>|U+2C9C|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KSI|ksi|
|ⲝ|k<sup>s</sup>|U+2C9D|COPTIC SMALL LETTER KSI|ksi|
|Ⲟ|O|U+2C9E|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER O|omicron|
|ⲟ|o|U+2C9F|COPTIC SMALL LETTER O|omicron|
|Ⲡ|P|U+2CA0|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER PI|pi|
|ⲡ|p|U+2CA1|COPTIC SMALL LETTER PI|pi|
|Ⲣ|R|U+2CA2|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER RO|rho|
|ⲣ|r|U+2CA3|COPTIC SMALL LETTER RO|rho|
|Ⲥ|S|U+2CA4|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SIMA|sigma|
|ⲥ|s|U+2CA5|COPTIC SMALL LETTER SIMA|sigma|
|Ⲧ|T|U+2CA6|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER TAU|tau|
|ⲧ|t|U+2CA7|COPTIC SMALL LETTER TAU|tau|
|Ⲩ|U|U+2CA8|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER UA|upsilon|
|ⲩ|u|U+2CA9|COPTIC SMALL LETTER UA|upsilon|
|Ⲫ|P<sup>h</sup>|U+2CAA|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FI|phi|
|ⲫ|p<sup>h</sup>|U+2CAB|COPTIC SMALL LETTER FI|phi|
|Ⲭ|K<sup>h</sup>|U+2CAC|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHI|khi|
|ⲭ|k<sup>h</sup>|U+2CAD|COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHI|khi|
|Ⲯ|P<sup>s</sup>|U+2CAE|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER PSI|psi|
|ⳡ|p<sup>s</sup>|U+2CAF|COPTIC SMALL LETTER PSI|psi|
|Ⲱ|Ô|U+2CB0|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OOU|omega|
|ⲱ|ô|U+2CB1|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OOU|omega|
|Ⲋ| |U+2C8A|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SOU| |
|ⲋ| |U+2C8B|COPTIC SMALL LETTER SOU| |

=====Coptic Symbols and Punctuation=====

|character|transliteration|unicode code point|unicode name|names used by western scholars (based on Layton 2011)|
|ⳤ| |U+2CE4| | |
|⳥| |U+2CE5| | |
|⳦| |U+2CE6| | |
|⳧| |U+2CE7| | |
|⳨| |U+2CE8| | |
|⳩| |U+2CE9| | |
|⳪| |U+2CEA| | |
|Ⳬ| |U+2CEB| | |
|ⳬ| |U+2CEC| | |
|Ⳮ| |U+2CED| | |
|ⳮ| |U+2CEE| | |
|ⲟ⳯ |n|U+2CEF|COPTIC COMBINING NI ABOVE|(nu line)|
|ⲟ⳰| |U+2CF0| | |
|ⲟ⳱| |U+2CF1| | |
|Ⳳ| |U+2CF2| | |
|ⳳ| |U+2CF3| | |
|⳹| |U+2CF9| | |
|⳺| |U+2CFA| | |
|⳻| |U+2CFB| | |
|⳼| |U+2CFC| | |
|⳽| |U+2CFD| | |
|⳾| |U+2CFE| | |
|⳿| |U+2CFF| | |

=====Punctuation=====

|character|unicode code point|note|
|ⲟ̣|U+0323| |
|ⲟ̇|U+0307| |
|ⲟ̂|U+0302| |
|ⲟ̈|U+0308| |
|⸌|U+2E0c| |
|⸍|U+2E0D| |
|‖|U+2016| |
|·|U+00B7| |
|•|U+2022| |
|†|U+2020| |
|ⲟ̄|U+0304| |
|ⲟ︦|U+0305| |
|…|U+2026| |
|ⲟ︦|U+FE26| |
|ⲟ̀|U+0300| |
|ⲟ́|U+0301| |
|ⲟ︤|U+FE25| |
|ⲟ︥|U+FE24| |
|ⲟ᷍ⲟ|U+2015| |
|⸓|U+2E13| |
|⸖|U+2E13| |

=====Special Letters=====

|character|transliteration|unicode code point|unicode name|names used by western scholars (based on Layton 2011)|
|Ⲳ| |U+2CB2| | |
|ⲳ| |U+2CB3| | |
|Ⲵ| |U+2CB4| | |
|ⲵ| |U+2CB5| | |
|Ⲷ| |U+2CB6| | |
|ⲷ| |U+2CB7| | |
|Ⲹ| |U+2CB8|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DIALECT-P KAPA| |
|ⲹ| |U+2CB9|COPTIC SMALL LETTER DIALECT-P KAPA| |
|Ⲻ| |U+2CBA| | |
|ⲻ| |U+2CBB| | |
|Ⲽ| |U+2CBC| | |
|ⲽ| |U+2CBD| | |
|Ⲿ| |U+2CBE|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC OOU| |
|ⲿ| |U+2CBF|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC OOU| |
|Ⳁ| |U+2CC0| | |
|ⳁ| |U+2CC1| | |
|Ⳃ|Ç|U+2CC2|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER CROSSED SHEI| |
|ⳃ|ç|U+2CC3|COPTIC SMALL LETTER CROSSED SHEI| |
|Ⳅ| |U+2CC4|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC SHEI| |
|ⳅ| |U+2CC5|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC SHEI| |
|Ⳇ| |U+2CC6|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC ESH| |
|ⳇ| |U+2CC7|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC ESH| |
|Ⳉ|X'|U+2CC8|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER AKHMIMIC KHEI| |
|ⳉ|x'|U+2CC9|COPTIC SMALL LETTER AKHMIMIC KHEI| |
|Ⳋ|Ç'|U+2CCA|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DIALECT-P HORI| |
|ⳋ|ç|U+2CCB|COPTIC SMALL LETTER DIALECT-P HORI| |
|Ⳍ| |U+2CCC|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC HORI| |
|ⳍ| |U+2CCD|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC HORI| |
|Ⳏ| |U+2CCE| | |
|ⳏ| |U+2CCF| | |
|Ⳑ| |U+2CD0|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER L-SHAPED HA| |
|ⳑ| |U+2CD1|COPTIC SMALL LETTER L-SHAPED HA| |
|Ⳓ| |U+2CD2| | |
|ⳓ| |U+2CD3| | |
|Ⳕ| |U+2CD4|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC HAT| |
|ⳕ| |U+2CD5|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC HAT| |
|Ⳗ| |U+2CD6|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC GANGIA| |
|ⳗ| |U+2CD7|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC GANGIA| |
|Ⳙ| |U+2CD8|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC DJA| |
|ⳙ| |U+2CD9|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC DJA| |
|Ⳛ| |U+2CDA|COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OLD COPTIC SHIMA| |
|ⳛ| |U+2CDB|COPTIC SMALL LETTER OLD COPTIC SHIMA| |
|Ⳝ|J|U+2CDC| | |
|ⳝ|j|U+2CDD| | |
|Ⳟ|Ŋ|U+2CDE| | |
|ⳟ|ŋ|U+2CDF| | |
|Ⳡ|Ñ|U+2CE0| | |
|ⳡ|ñ|U+2CE1| | |
|Ⳣ|W|U+2CE2| | |
|ⳣ|w|U+2CE3| | |

=====References=====
Grossman, E. and Haspelmath, M., 2015. The Leipzig-Jerusalem transliteration of Coptic. In: E. Grossman, M. Haspelmath and T. S. Richter (eds.) //Egyptian-Coptic Linguistics in Typological Perspective//.  Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. 145-153.

Van Gerven Oei., V., to appear. //A Possible Grammar of Old Nubian//. 

Layton, B. 2011. //A Coptic grammar with chrestomathy and glossary: Sahidic dialect//. 3 rd ed. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.