The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: COP
ISO 639-2: cop
| Alternate names | NEO-EGYPTIAN |
| Dialects | BOHAIRIC, SAHIDIC. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Egyptian. |
| Comments | Liturgical language of the Coptic Church, Bohairic dialect. No first language speakers; it probably became extinct in the 16th century. Estimated 6,500,000 Coptic Christians worldwide. Extinct. NT 1716-1924. |
