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Every month, there will be a tip, a web site posting, and a lesson, which will cover both Hieroglyphic and Coptic. In order to ensure that you pursue the curriculum as vigorously as you can, please do the assignments recommended at your own discretion.
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Most importantly, share as much as you care for the upkeep of our heritage.

Even though the Egyptian language mostly survives as the liturgical language in the Coptic Church today, it is far from being a religious language. It is the language of our heritage. It is the language on the tombs, in the scrolls, on the stones, on everything truly Egyptian.

If you want to honor your true Egyptian heritage, please join the cause and help revive the language that has unfortunately been lost for centuries.


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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Coptic Post 5: Pisakho (The Sage)

For the Study of Coptic Language and Culture

Coptic Lesson 5: Coptic Numerals, Continued

Coptic Tip 5: Numbers in a Sentence

Like the fractions and the cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers function as adjectives to the noun they describe. Thus, they follow the gender of the noun.

Hieroglyphic Post 5: The Moscow Papyrus

Mathematical papyrus

Hieroglyphic Lesson 5: Hieroglyphic Numerals, Continued

Hieroglyphic Tip 5: Fractions

The "mouth" symbol placed on top of the number signifies "part." So if the mouth is placed on top of three strokes, it means "one part of three." 

The numerator is always one in each fraction, so in order to say 2/3, the scribe writes 1/3+1/3, represented in hieroglyphics as follows