#The homophobia really is a problem bc. I'm gonna be honest sometimes I hear myself talk and wince because I talk gay asf

[bijoumikhawal]

hellooo! i came across your blog a few weeks ago and can i just say i love and appreciate it so, so much!! <3

i was wondering if you know of any resources that could help a beginner learn coptic (especially reading and writing the transcript)? resources are so scarce to come across online and irl and i don't know where to begin :/ ofc it's alright if you don't but i thought i'd ask anyway. thank you sm either way! ❤️

Unfortunately I myself don't speak Coptic (which is pretty common- few Copts do even though there's been a community push for a Boharic course on duolingo, which the dialect currently in use by the church).

There are books, online dictionaries, etc, which are focused on western academics being able to translate old sources, and unfortunately I can't recommend any Copts that are involved with learning the language because many of the ones I've met who dedicate their online presence to it are racist/homophobic/etc. That said here's what I do have-

With Coptic script, omniglot has a discussion and links to further sources, including lessons.

CDO is an online dictionary that combines several sources and tells you dialect, but does not provide transliteration into Latin or Arabic script.

There's this shorter lecture guide here, and Coptic Place, which has learning resources including some aimed at kids, and Coptic for All which is London based. "So you want to learn Coptic?" is a Boharic grammar book.

Theres this intro to Sahidic Coptic, which I think has value as a dialect because Upper Egypt held to using Coptic longer and Sahidic having more original works written in it that we still have today (to the point where I've seen people claim some isolated villages in Upper Egypt have Coptic speakers to this day, I cannot verify or deny that). There used to be a video of some basic phrases in Sahidic on YouTube that I liked but its since been taken down. There's also this with an associated memrise course, and a 20 lesson book.