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2024-11-02T18:52:00Z

Morphology

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	=== Verbs ===		=== Verbs ===

	Modern Coptic has a copious amount of verb tenses		Modern Coptic has a copious amount of verb tenses, however only 2 tenses are ever inflected with affixes, the rest are made via auxiliary verbs

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	\|}		\|}

			==== Base Form ====

			Whenever the subject of the sentence is not a pronoun, the verb stops being inflected for person and number. Instead any auxiliary verb is putted in the "base form" and moved before the subject.

			naf woom - he was eating

			nare pejoot woom - the father was eating

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Consonants

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	* x and c are minimal phonemes, while included in the standard and writing, they are free to merge with h and tʃ, respectively		* /x/ and /c/ are minimal phonemes, while included in the standard and writing, they are free to merge with /h/ and /tʃ/, respectively
	* ʔ isn't phonemic and can only occur before a vowel, or to separate them		* /ʔ/ isn't phonemic and can only occur before a vowel, or to separate them
	* β is most often realized as [v], and c can range between actual [c] and [kʲ]		* /β/ is most often realized as [v], and c can range between actual [c] and [kʲ]
	* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears		* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears
	* n assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound		* /n/ assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound
	* r is pronounced [ɾ] between vowels		* /r/ is pronounced [ɾ] between vowels

	=== Vowels ===		=== Vowels ===

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Verbs

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	=== Verbs ===		=== Verbs ===

			Modern Coptic has a copious amount of verb tenses

			{\| class="wikitable"
			!Tense
			!Explanation
			!English
			\|-
			!Infinitive
			\|Infinitive
			\|to V
			\|-
			!Present
			\|Main present tense
			\|I(‘m) V(-ing)
			\|-
			!Future
			\|Main future tense
			\|I’ll V
			\|-
			!Imperfect
			\|Ongoing action in the past
			\|I was V-ing
			\|-
			!Future Imperfect
			\|Ongoing action in the future
			\|I will be V-ing
			\|-
			!Past
			\|Main past tense / Perfect
			\|I V-ed / I have V-ed
			\|-
			!Habitual
			\|Habitual (present) tense
			\|I normally V
			\|-
			!Past Imperfect
			\|Ongoing action before a finished action
			\|I had V-ed
			\|-
			!Habitual Imperfect
			\|Habitual past tense
			\|I used to V
			\|-
			!Jussive
			\|Giving orders (not 2nd person)
			\|I should V
			\|-
			!Subordinate Present
			\|Subordinate clauses in the present
			\|that I V
			\|-
			!Subordinate Future
			\|Subordinate clauses in the future
			\|that I’ll V
			\|-
			!Subordinate Past
			\|Subordinate clauses in the past
			\|that I V-ed
			\|-
			!Subordinate Habitual
			\|Subordinate clauses in the habitual
			\|that I normally V
			\|-
			!Conditional
			\|Conditional tense
			\|I would V
			\|-
			!Conjunctive
			\|Same time as the main clause
			\|also I V/V-ed
			\|-
			!Resultative
			\|Result of the main clause
			\|so I V/V-ed
			\|-
			!Imperative
			\|Giving orders (only 2nd person)
			\|V!
			\|}

2024-07-06T07:20:05Z

Consonants

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	* x and c are minimal phonemes, while included in the standard and writing, they are free to merge with h and tʃ, ~~respectivelly~~		* x and c are minimal phonemes, while included in the standard and writing, they are free to merge with h and tʃ, respectively
	* ʔ isn't phonemic and can only occur before a vowel, or to separate them		* ʔ isn't phonemic and can only occur before a vowel, or to separate them
	* β is most often realized as [v]		* β is most often realized as [v], and c can range between actual [c] and [kʲ]
	* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears		* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears
	* n assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound		* n assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound

2024-07-06T05:36:06Z

Orthography

2024-07-05T09:34:00Z

Vowels

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	* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings and unrounds to /i/ ~~dialectally~~.		* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings and unrounds to /i/ freely.
	* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].		* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].
	* /a/, /i/, /y/ and /u/ are allophonically long when stressed.		* /a/, /i/, /y/ and /u/ are allophonically long when stressed.

2024-07-05T09:33:37Z

Vowels

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	* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings.		* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings and unrounds to /i/ dialectally.
	* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].		* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].
	* /a/, /i/, /y/ and /u/ are allophonically long when stressed.		* /a/, /i/, /y/ and /u/ are allophonically long when stressed.

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Consonants

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	* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears		* the sequence /kj/ never occurs and colloquially changes to /c/ whenever it appears
	* n assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound		* n assimilates to the place of articulation of the next sound, becoming /m/, [ɲ] or [ŋ] depending on the sound
			* r is pronounced [ɾ] between vowels

	=== Vowels ===		=== Vowels ===

2024-07-04T21:51:22Z

Vowels

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	* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings.		* y only occurs in Greek and French borrowings.
	* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].		* The sequences /əl/, /ər/, /əm/ and /ən/ are pronounced [l̩], [r̩], [m̩] and [n̩].
			* /a/, /i/, /y/ and /u/ are allophonically long when stressed.

	* Stress isn't phonemic, but normally occurs in either one of the long vowels (eː and oː) or the (3rd to) last vowel.		* Stress isn't phonemic, but normally occurs in either one of the long vowels (eː and oː) or the (3rd to) last vowel.

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