| "christian egyptian"; "copt" community, in [12=] 'Arabiyya: qobt # name from [56=] Helleniki: Aiguptos= «Egypt ➤ a late form of "ancient Egyptian", strongly influence < [56=] Helleniki; in general use until progressively submerged from 7th century by [12=] 'Arabiyya (Arabic); extinct as spoken language from c.16th century; written by Christians in Egypt (Coptic church, from c. 3rd century until modern times), successively in the "Akhimic" and the "Sahidic" ("Thebean") idioms, until submerged < "Bohayric Coptic" from 11th century 𝒮 Egyptian written from c.–3000 in Hieroglyphic script; from c.–1600 progressively supplemented and replaced by cursive Hieratic script; from c.–700 to +500 in Demotic script; written from c.200 in Coptic (Egyptian modified Greek) script |