The Coptic Alphabet

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The present 32 letters of the Coptic Alphabet are derived from two sources; The first 25 letters are modified from the Greek alphabet (table 1); it should be remembered that the origin of these Greek letters can be traced back to the old Egyptian letters. Whereas the last 7 letters are a modification from Demotic letters (table 2).

Letter Name Pronunciation

Shape		Letter	Pronunciation	Example
A	a	Alpha	A	father or fan
B	b	Veeta	B In beginning of the word V In the middle or the end of the word	boy Victor
G	g	Ghamma	G Gh NG if there are two consecutive G	Gone England
D	d	Delta	TH D in names	then David
E	e	Ei	E	pen, or as rain
^	^	Soo	Only used as the numeral 6	sow
Z	z	Zeeta	Z	zebra
Y	y	Eeta	EE	meet
:	;	Theeta	Th T	think
I	i	Iota	I Y	imagine yet
K	k	Kappa	K	cook
L	l	Lamda	L	look
M	m	Mei	M	mother
N	n	Nei	N	Nancy
X	x	Eksee	X	box
O	o	O	O (short)	not
P	p	Pee	P	Peter
R	r	Ro	R	room
C	c	Seema	S	see
T	t	Tav	T D if preceded by the letter N	take
U	u	Epsilon	V if follows an A or E U if follows the letter O Y in all other cases	Van Loop Hymn
V	v	Fei	F	fan
<	,	Kai	K Sh Kh	kin shawl Arabic خ (kh)
"	'	Epsee	PS (both are pronounced)
W	w	O	O (Long)	throw
S	s	Shai	Sh	shake
F	f	Fai	F	fan
Q	q	Khai	Kh	Arabic خ (kh)
H	h	Horee	H	house
{	[	Cheema	Ch	church
}	]	Tee	Tee	tee
J	j	Janja	G J	go joy
`		Jinkim	Splits word in syllables if over a vowel E if followed by a consonant