Tima طما | |
|---|---|
  Tima طما Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 26°55′N31°26′E / 26.917°N 31.433°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sohag |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148.7 km2 (57.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) [1] | |
| • Total | 471,166 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Tima (Arabic : طما, Coptic : ⲧⲁⲙⲙⲁ [2] ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile.
The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian, is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world following the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian scripts in the early 19th century.
Coptic is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third century AD in Roman Egypt. It was commonly spoken until at least the 16th century when it was completely replaced by the Arabic language under the Mamluk Sultanate. Coptic has no native speakers today, although it remains in daily use as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church and of the Coptic Catholic Church. Innovations in grammar and phonology and the influx of Greek loanwords distinguish Coptic from earlier periods of the Egyptian language. It is written with the Coptic alphabet, a modified form of the Greek alphabet with several additional letters borrowed from the Demotic Egyptian script.
Zagazig is a city in Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia.
The Coptic Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Along with the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church, it belongs to the Alexandrian liturgical tradition. Uniquely among the Alexandrian Rite Eastern Catholic liturgies, the Coptic Catholic Church uses the Coptic Rite and the Coptic language in its liturgy; the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church use the Ge'ez Rite.
Coptology is the scientific study of the Coptic people.
Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʿ or Severus of El Ashmunein was a Coptic Orthodox Bishop, author and historian. In Arabic, his name is spelled Sawires ساويرس. Severus is sometimes confused with the Persian author Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa'.
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26°55′N31°26′E / 26.917°N 31.433°E
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