Our Coptic language > Old pronunciation vs new debate
E vs A vs H => all equal 'a' according to Old Bohairic
bashandy:
Exaclty this is the case in living languages. They start as spoken languages, then writing comes later trying to accomodate for the pronunciation. Irrelgualirity is a hallmark of living languages. It is not something that could be taken against English, French, Coptic or any other language; it's just how things are. Coptic is no excuse.
We do not learn languages by applying rules of pronunciation to the language, we learn by talking, and then writing comes later. The way Coptic is taught is reversed hence, it becomes difficult to learn to pronounce each letter according to the rules, and then fuss about irregularities.
As a natural language Coptic is different from Esperanto, Ido, Lojban, and other constructed languages, that are pized to their regularity. I don't think we have the right to change any of the way our fathers had their language. Our job is to preserve it and learn it. What happened is that after years of alienation from the language, some people took advantage of lack of knowledge about it and decided to add their own fingerprints on the language, be it by the erroneous Greco-Bohairic pronunciation, unusual verb conjugations, neologisms, new words, or even writing in different letters etc. I do not condemn any of these I believe it were all done by people who beared great love and zeal to the language to promote it and enhance it.
I just prioritise preservation over innovation.
ⲓⲁϩⲙⲟⲥⲓ:
ⲟⲩⲟⲧ ϯⲥⲙⲏ `ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲕⲁⲡ ⲉ ⲛⲉⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙⲏ!
ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲁⲣⲭⲏ `ⲛϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ `ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ `ⲛϩⲣⲱⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙⲭⲣⲓⲥϯⲁⲛⲟⲥ (ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ 500) ⲛⲉϯⲥⲙⲏ `ⲛⲧⲉ ⲉ ⲡⲉ Ⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉϯⲥⲙⲏ `ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲉ Ⲁ. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ `ⲛⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ (ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ 1700) ⲁϯⲥⲙⲏ `ⲛⲧⲉ ⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϩⲁϯⲥⲙⲏ Ⲁ ϫⲉ `ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲟⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛ ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ `ⲛⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ `ⲛⲕⲗⲁⲥⲓⲕⲟⲥ ϯⲥⲙⲏ Ⲉ.
ⲟⲩⲟⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲁⲡ ⲏ ⲥⲙⲏ ⲥⲛⲟⲩϯ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲀⲀ ⲛⲉⲙⲒⲒ !
ϧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲏ ⲡⲉ ⲒⲒ:
ⲁⲙⲏ ⲁϫⲓ ⲁⲙⲓⲓ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲁⲧⲓⲓⲧⲁⲥ. ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁϫⲓ ⲡⲣⲟϥⲓⲓⲧⲁⲥ. ⲃⲉⲥⲛⲏⲧ ⲁϫⲓ ⲃⲉⲥⲛⲓⲓⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ `ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲥ (ϧⲉⲛⲛⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ 500) ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲁⲥⲛⲓⲓⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ 1700. ⲣⲏ ⲁϫⲓ ⲣⲓⲓ. ⲛⲏⲃ ⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲓⲓⲃ.
ϧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲏ ⲡⲉ ⲀⲀ:
ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲁϫⲓ ⲕⲁⲁⲙⲓ, ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲥⲏⲧ ⲁϫⲓ ⲥⲁⲁⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲏⲧ ⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲁⲁⲧ. ⲙⲏϣ ⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲁⲁϣ. ⲏⲣⲡ ⲁϫⲓ ⲁⲣⲡ, ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϯⲡⲣⲟⲫⲟⲣⲁ (ⲡⲁⲧⲧⲁⲗⲁϥⲟⲩⲍ) ⲟⲓⲣⲡ ⲟⲙⲟⲓⲱⲥ. ⲟⲩⲏⲣ ⲁϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲣ.
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