Coptic (Unicode block)

{{also|Greek and Coptic|l1=Greek and Coptic (Unicode block)|Coptic Epact Numbers|l2=Coptic Epact Numbers (Unicode block)}}

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Coptic

|rangestart = 2C80

|rangeend = 2CFF

|script1 = Coptic

|alphabets = Coptic

|4_1 = 114

|5_2 = 7

|6_1 = 2

|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}

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Coptic is a Unicode block used with the Greek and Coptic block to write the Coptic language. Prior to version 4.1 of the Unicode Standard, the "Greek and Coptic" block was used exclusively to write Coptic text, but Greek and Coptic letter forms are contrastive in many scholarly works, necessitating their disunification. Any specifically Coptic letters in the Greek and Coptic block are not reproduced in the Coptic Unicode block.

Block

{{Unicode chart Coptic}}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Coptic block:

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="16" | 4.1rowspan="16" | U+2C80..2CEA, 2CF9..2CFFrowspan="16" | 114{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98022-n1658-coptic.htm L2/98-022 (html],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98022-coptic.pdf pdf])[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1658.htm N1658]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode Coptic in ISO/IEC 10646|date=1997-12-08|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98039.pdf L2/98-039]}}{{Citation|title=Preliminary Minutes - UTC #74 & L2 #171, Mountain View, CA - December 5, 1997|date=1998-02-24|first1=Joan|last1=Aliprand|first2=Arnold|last2=Winkler|section=3.A.4.a. Disunificaiton of Coptic}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98070.pdf L2/98-070]}}{{Citation|title=Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998|first1=Joan|last1=Aliprand|first2=Arnold|last2=Winkler|section=3.A.2. item b. Coptic}}
{{nobr|L2/98-286}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1703w97.doc N1703]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20|date=1998-07-02|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=8.9.2}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00128-pastscripts.pdf L2/00-128]}}{{Citation|title=Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode|date=2000-03-01|first=Carl-Martin|last=Bunz}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00411-coptic.htm L2/00-411]}}{{Citation|title=Coptic -- resolutions from the meeting in Leiden, September 2, 2000|date=2000-10-05|first=Stephen|last=Emmel|author-link=Stephen Emmel}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02051-coptic.htm L2/02-051]}}{{Citation|title=Coptic Disunification|date=2002-02-03|first=Rick|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02205-n2444-coptic.pdf L2/02-205]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2444.pdf N2444]{{Citation|title=Coptic supplementation in the BMP|date=2002-05-08|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Kamal|last2=Mansour}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-091-200205.html L2/02-166R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #91 Minutes|date=2002-08-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 91-C12}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03208-coptic-eie.pdf L2/03-208]}}{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode Coptic Letter Eie for use in Textual Apparatus|date=2003-06-13|first=Peter|last=Constable}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03283-coptic.pdf L2/03-283]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2611.pdf N2611]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add the Coptic alphabet to the BMP of the UCS|date=2003-08-24|first=Michael|last=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03327-n2636-coptic.pdf L2/03-327]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2636.pdf N2636]{{Citation|title=Revised proposal to add the Coptic alphabet to the BMP of the UCS|date=2003-10-01|first=Michael|last=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04053-coptic.pdf L2/04-053]}}{{Citation|title=Changes to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2636 and N2676 recommended by the International Association for Coptic Studies|date=2004-01-26|first=Stephen|last=Emmel}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04068-mansour.txt L2/04-068]}}{{Citation|title=Coptic Comments|date=2004-02-02|first=Kamal|last=Mansour}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04130-n2744-coptic.pdf L2/04-130]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2744.pdf N2744]{{Citation|title=Revision of the Coptic block under ballot for the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-04-20|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Stephen|last2=Emmel}}
[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2824.pdf N2824]{{Citation|title=Updated charts for Coptic N2744|date=2004-06-22}}
rowspan="3" | 5.2rowspan="3" | U+2CEB..2CF1rowspan="3" | 7{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07085r-n3222r-coptic-adds.pdf L2/07-085R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3222.pdf N3222R]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add additional characters for Coptic and Latin in the UCS|date=2007-03-15|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Stephen|last2=Emmel|first3=Antti|last3=Marjanen|first4=Ismo|last4=Dunderberg|first5=John|last5=Baines|author-link5=John Baines (Egyptologist)|first6=Susana|last6=Pedro|first7=António|last7=Emiliano}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07118.htm L2/07-118R2]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #111 Minutes|date=2007-05-23|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=111-C17}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07268-n3253.pdf L2/07-268]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.pdf N3253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27|date=2007-07-26|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M50.30}}
rowspan="4" | 6.1rowspan="4" | U+2CF2..2CF3rowspan="4" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10290r-n3873r-coptic-adds.pdf L2/10-290]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3873.pdf N3873R]{{Citation|title=Proposal to add additional characters for Greek, Latin, and Coptic|date=2010-08-05|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Stephen|last2=Emmel|first3=Siegfried G.|last3=Richter|first4=Susana|last4=Pedro|first5=António|last5=Emiliano}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10221.htm L2/10-221]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes|date=2010-08-23|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.25}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10348-n3912-coptic-adds.pdf L2/10-348]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3912.pdf N3912]{{Citation|title=Revised proposal to add additional characters for Greek, Latin, and Coptic to the UCS|date=2010-09-21|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Stephen|last2=Emmel|first3=Siegfried G.|last3=Richter|first4=Susana|last4=Pedro|first5=António|last5=Emiliano}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.pdf N3903 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3903.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57|date=2011-03-31|section=M57.02e}}
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