kellia:unicode:coptic_unicode_standards_and_guidelines_for_coptologists
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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 | Ti | U+03EE | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DEI | ti |
| ϯ | ti | 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 | Th | U+2C90 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER THETHE | theta |
| ⲑ | th | 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 | Ks | U+2C9C | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KSI | ksi |
| ⲝ | ks | 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 | Ph | U+2CAA | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FI | phi |
| ⲫ | ph | U+2CAB | COPTIC SMALL LETTER FI | phi |
| Ⲭ | Kh | U+2CAC | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHI | khi |
| ⲭ | kh | U+2CAD | COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHI | khi |
| Ⲯ | Ps | U+2CAE | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER PSI | psi |
| ⳡ | ps | 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.
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