Coptic : : A Grammar of Its Six Major Dialects / / James P. Allen.

Coptic is the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, written in an alphabet derived primarily from Greek instead of hieroglyphs. It borrows some vocabulary from ancient Greek, and it was used primarily for writing Christian scriptures and treatises. There is no uniform Coptic language, but ra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Languages of the Ancient Near East Didactica ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (144 p.) :; 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Writing and Phonology
  • 2. Nouns and Adjectives
  • 3. Pronouns
  • 4. Numbers and Particles
  • 5. Prepositions and Adverbs
  • 6. Nominal and Adjectival Sentences
  • 7. Verbs
  • 8. The Bipartite Construction
  • 9. The Tripartite Construction
  • 10. Dependent Forms
  • 11. Second Tenses
  • 12. Complex Sentences
  • Answers to the Exercises
  • Chrestomathy
  • Dictionary
  • Bibliography
  • Abbreviations and References
  • Index