Our Coptic language > Old pronunciation vs new debate
Classical Coptic Pronunciation
Andrew:
Hi Bashandy:
< In short, the interest in Sahidic is geared towards understanding manuscripts, Bohairic was a subject to a different project >
It looks like Bohairic can only continue as a liturgical language. OTOH, Sahidic is more suitable for attempts to revive Coptic language .
Andrew
bashandy:
Bohairic is not faraway from Sahidic, however, both are way behind current languages in terms of voabulary. Consider this
'I checked the gears, and brakes, inflated the tyres, before I rode my folding bike to the train station, where I booked a ticket with my credit card, fortunately there was Wi-Fi on the train so I could stream music from my mobile phone, however, the signal was not great and my battery died because I did not turn off the bluetooth'
It really would not matter which dialect you will be working through as both would struggle a lot to translate an ordinary day-to-day sentece like this.
Andrew:
Hi Bashandy:
> 'I checked the gears, and brakes, inflated the tyres, before I rode my folding bike to the train station, where I booked a ticket with my credit card, fortunately there was Wi-Fi on the train so I could stream music from my mobile phone, however, the signal was not great and my battery died because I did not turn off the bluetooth' <
LOL.
Andrew
bashandy:
For further amusement, there is a project of a Coptic Wikipedia. The minimum number of articles to establish a Wikipedia page is huge also, there are highly important topics, which would be a challnege for Coptic to even find out how to translate the title in Coptic e.g. Cell biology, quantum physics, the atom, robots, molecular chemistry, genetics, the big bang theory, radiation, environment, etc.
It is a good reality test to see where Coptic stands amongst other languages. It also clearly shows what a dead language means.
Andrew:
Hi Bashandy:
Whose idea is it to have a Coptic Wikipedia? What would be the purpose? Very few people would be able to read it, anyway, even if it is written.
Andrew
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