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Coptic language

Spoken language
Coptic is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third century AD in Roman Egypt. Wikipedia
Region: Africa
Language family: Afroasiatic languages
Dialects: Bohairic; Sahidic; Akhmimic; Lycopolitan; Fayyumic; Oxyrhynchite
Early forms: Archaic Egyptian: Old Egyptian > Middle Egyptian > Late Egyptian > Demotic
Writing system: Coptic alphabet