Languages with Ahkô

Coptic Alphabet: Unique Consonants There are 24 consonants in the Coptic language; 7 are unique to Coptic. Ϣ (Shai) Shai is pronounced as the "sh" in "shift" Ϥ (Fai) Fai is pronounced as the "f" in "father" Ϧ (Khai) Khai is pronounced as the voiceless velar fricative, similar to gamma (see my post on the consonants of coptic that come from greek ); pronounce it the same way that you pronounce gamma, except when you breath out don't try to produce any noise. Khai should sound exactly like the arabic خ . Ϩ (Hori) Hori is pronounced as the "h" in "house" Ϫ (Janja) Janja is pronounced as the "s" in "measure" or as the "j" in judge Ϭ (Cheema) Cheema is pronounced as the "ch" in "chariot" or as the "sh" in "shawl" Ϯ (Ti) Ti is a ⲧ(tav) with an ⲓ(iota) on top and it is pronounced like a combination of the two; it is pronounced as the "dee...

Coptic Alphabet: Greek Consonants There are 24 consonants in the Coptic language; 17 come from Greek. Ⲃ (Beta) Beta is pronounced as the "b" in "book" before other consonants and at the end of words, and it is pronounced as the "v" in "victory" everywhere else. Ⲅ (Gamma) Gamma is pronounced as the "g" in "good" when Ⲉ(Eey), Ⲏ(Eta), Ⲓ(Iota), or Ⲩ(Upsilon) come after it; everywhere else gamma is pronounced as the voiced velar fricative, just as gamma is pronounced in Greek and similar to how "g" is sometimes pronounced in Spanish. To produce the voiced velar fricative: position the back of your tongue very close to, but not touching the soft palate (the back part of the roof of your mouth) and breath out (trying to produced noise). If this is hard to imagine try watching a video on how to produce the voiced velar fricative (I plan on making a video in a week or two). Also, two gammas are pronounced as the "n...

Coptic Alphabet: vowels There are 7 vowels in the coptic alphabet: Ⲁ (Alpha) Alpha is pronounced as the "a" in "father" or the "a" in "fan". Ⲉ (Eey) Eey is pronounced as the "ei" in "weight" or the "e" in "pen" Ⲏ (Eta) Eta is pronounced as a longer version of ⲉ(eey), for example, as the "a" in "fate", and it is also occasionally pronounced as the "ee" in "seek" Ⲓ (Iota) Before a vowel iota is pronounced as the "y" in "yes" and everywhere else it is pronounced as the "i" in "sing" Ⲟ O is pronounced as the short "o" in "hope" Ⲩ (Upsilon) Upsilon has several ways of being pronounced depending on the letters around it: Normally upsilon is pronounced as the "i" in "ring" just like iota If the upsilon comes after an alpha(ⲁ) or an eey(ⲉ) (E.g. ⲁⲩ, ⲉⲩ) it is pronounced as the...