Afro-Asiatic · North Africa

Coptic

Extinct

Coptic is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAfro-Asiatic
StatusExtinct
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3cop
Glottocodecopt1239

Spoken in Egypt

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Afro-Asiatic's family tree with Coptic.

  1. Egyptian (Ancient)

    Extinct
    Long grammar

  2. Aasax

    Extinct
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Afade

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  4. Afar

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Ajawa

    Extinct
    Wordlist or less

  6. Alaba-K'abeena

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Alagwa

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  8. Ale-Gawwada

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

Reference data for Coptic from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)