Coptic romanization table

by The Library of Congress

Coptic

Vernacular	Romanization	Vernacular	Romanization
Upper case letters		Lower case letters
Ⲁ	A	ⲁ	a
Ⲃ	B	ⲃ	b
Ⲅ	G	ⲅ	g
Ⲇ	D	ⲇ	d
Ⲉ	E	ⲉ	e
Ⲍ	Z	ⲍ	z
Ⲏ	Ē	ⲏ	ē
Ⲑ	Th	ⲑ	th
Ⲓ	I	ⲓ	i
Ï	Ï	ï	ï
Ⲕ	K	ⲕ	k
Ⲗ	L	ⲗ	l
Ⲙ	M	ⲙ	m
Ⲛ	N	ⲛ	n
Ⲝ	X	ⲝ	x
Ⲟ	O	ⲟ	o
Ⲡ	P	ⲡ	p
Ⲣ	R	ⲣ	r
Ⲥ	S	ⲥ	s
Ⲧ	T	ⲧ	t
Ⲩ	U	ⲩ	u
Ⲩ	Ü	ⲩ	ü
Ⲫ	Ph	ⲫ	ph
Ⲭ	Ch	ⲭ	ch
Ⲯ	Ps	ⲯ	ps
Ⲱ	Ō	ⲱ	ō

Vernacular	Romanization	Vernacular	Romanization
Upper case letters		Lower case letters
Ϣ	Š	ϣ	š
Ϥ	F	ϥ	f
Ϩ	H	ϩ	h
Ϫ	Č	ϫ	č
Ϭ	Ky	ϭ	ky
Ϯ	Ti	ϯ	ti
Ⳉ	Ẍ	ⳉ	ẍ
Ϧ	Ḥ	ϧ	ḥ
Ⲳ	ʼ	ⲳ	ʼ
Ⲹ	K	ⲹ	k
Ⲻ	N̈	ⲻ	n̈
Ⳃ	Ç̈	ⳃ	ç̈
Ⳋ	Ç	ⳋ	ç
Old Nubian
Ⳟ	Ŋ (see Note 1)	ⳟ	ŋ (see Note 1)
Ⳡ	Ɲ (see Note 1)	ⳡ	ɲ (see Note 1)
Ⳣ	W	ⳣ	w
Numerals
ⲁ̅	1	ⲓ̅	10
ⲃ̅	2	ⲕ̅	20
ⲅ̅	3	ⲗ̅	30
ⲇ̅	4	ⲙ̅	40
ⲉ̅	5	ⲛ̅	50
Ⲋ̅ or	6	ⲝ̅	60
ⲍ̅	7	ⲟ̅	70
ⲏ̅	8	ⲡ̅	80
ⲑ̅	9	ϥ̅	90

ⲣ̅	100	ⲁ̅	1000
ⲥ̅	200	ⲃ̅	2000
ⲧ̅	300	ⲅ̅	3000
ⲩ̅	400	ⲇ̅	4000
ⲫ̅	500	ⲉ̅	5000
ⲭ̅	600	Ⲋ̅ or	6000
ⲯ̅	700	ⲍ̅	7000
ⲱ̅	800	ⲏ̅	8000
ⳁ̅	900	ⲑ̅	9500

Notes

1. The use of extended Latin characters in this document leverages use of the Unicode standard, as approved by the NDMSO office of the Library of Congress in December, 2007, while remaining usable for libraries using MARC-8 as well. Within a strictly MARC8 environment, the double underscore may continue to be applied to a base character ‘n’ following LC-PCC PS for 1.4 for the characters ŋ and ɲ, resulting in n̳ and n̳. The resulting ambiguity of n̳, however, illustrates the advantage of extended Latin.
2. Insert a single prime ( ʹ ) between two letters representing two distinct consonantal sounds when the combination might otherwise be read as a digraph or in another way.
   
   ⲙⲛ̅ⲧϩⲗ̅ⲗ̅ⲟmntʹhllo
   
   ⲙⲛ̅ⲑⲗ̅ⲗⲟmnthllo
   
   
3. Ignore diacritics when romanizing Coptic, following the practice of the Journal of Coptic Studies, with the exception of iaude (ⲓ) and ua (ⲩ) diareses.