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13 September , 2009, 01:26:51 PM
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Well, there might be hope: Mona Zaki Coptic speaker
« on: 13 September , 2009, 01:26:51 PM »
I am an enthusiastic for the Coptic language, although the lack of resources always kept me away. Anyway, google the following "Mona Zaki Coptic Language". You can just follow the following links (just a sample):

http://www.love-egypt.com/coptic-language.html
http://freecopts.net/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=440

It states that there is an ACTUAL family that still speaks Coptic for their daily communication  :)
Very interesting, right? Actually this is where we can start restoring the original aspects of the language (Provided that this family has kept the language all the way, not just that they learned it in sunday school and then decided to use it)

My question is: Can anyone get the contacts of this woman? Maybe later we can contact her (or anyone in her family willing to help), maybe record her pronunciation of debated words...etc. I bet that there are tons of questions that she can answer.

We can start by this "Joseph Mayton, The Daily Star " (The reporter who did the interview with Mona), maybe he can provide us with here contact after her permission.

The whole thing sounds to be too good to be true for me, but you never know. Maybe that finally we can be over the right track. So tell me, what do you think about this?
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13 September , 2009, 01:51:07 PM
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Re: Well, there might be hope
« Reply #1 on: 13 September , 2009, 01:51:07 PM »
There is an old topic here about that called "Ⲡⲓⲕⲱϯ ⲛⲥⲁ Ⲙⲟⲛⲁ Ⲍⲉⲕⲓ" (searching for mona zaki)
http://kame.danacbe.com/index.php/topic,95.0.html
after doing many researches, I finally knew who is Mona zaki
She is one member of family originally from Alex
the founder of this family ( Besenti Rezkalla) adopted the malformed (Greeko) Coptic pronunciation, and started to use it as spoken language at home
so his children and grandchildren grew up speaking this tong, mona zaki, father Bijwl and anba dimitrios are all members of this family
their pronunciation is not original

15 September , 2009, 02:35:48 PM
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« Reply #2 on: 15 September , 2009, 02:35:48 PM »
Old pronunciation was reconstructed from the following sources
1- Arabic text that was written in Coptic letters (when the egyptians were still learning Arabic)
2- Coptic text that was written in Arabic letters (when Coptic language grew weaker)
3- Coptic names that still used till now
4- records western scientists made before and during changing pronunciation (Like worell, made a book called Coptic Sounds)
5- small village in Luxur which refused to use the new pronunciation (till now)

04 October , 2009, 09:06:18 AM
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« Reply #3 on: 04 October , 2009, 09:06:18 AM »
OK, I have a question: what's the name of this village? surprising fact for me!!!


 

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