Almost
half the Coptic Alphabet is similar (in shape and some times phonatic expession)
to the English Alphabet. Therefore, if you already know how to read english,
you already 50% profficient in reading Coptic.
Let's
first learn the letters that look and sound like English letters: (below
is the shape of the letter, its name, its ASCII equivelet (developed by
Copt-Net), and its pronounciation)
Note:
some pron. rules will be included but not all, to avoid confusion, for
now.
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(as
in ART)
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(Vita
is pron. B if it comes at the end of a word) (BELL) (VALVE)
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(As
in BEST)
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(ZOO)
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(SIT)
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(LIKE)
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(MOON)
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(NEAR)
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(COT)
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(CITY)
(Sima is always pron. an S, never K)
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(TEST)
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(HOPE),
(SOAP)
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Now
let's see the letters that look like English letters but are pron. differently
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(FEET)
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(ROAD)
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KH
(ARABIC "KHIAR" Cucumber)
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