Coptic (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:Coptic
Rangestart:2C80
Rangeend:2CFF
Script1:Coptic
Alphabets:Coptic
4 1:114
5 2:7
6 1:2
Note:[1] [2]

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

History

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
  2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.