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Journal of Computer Science Research | Volume 05 | Issue 04 | October 2023
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1. Introduction
Ancient Egypt has been a cradle of culture and
Egyptian script is one of its best accomplishments.
As language is a living and evolving organism, the
Egyptian language was no exception to this rule and
created a transitional continuum as it was affected
by various political, economic and social changes.
The last stage of these linguistic changes is the Cop-
tic script, which is the last phase of a language that
remained active from 3200 BCE until almost 1500
CE. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
(332 BCE), the Greek language started supplanting
Egyptian in documents of public administration.
Thus, an impetus was given to abolish hieroglyphics
and to incorporate into the script phonetic elements
that aided the understanding of written texts. This
transition from the Egyptian to Greek alphabet was
*CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Evangelos C. Papakitsos, Research Laboratory of Electronic Automation, Telematics and Cyber-Physical Systems, University of West Attica,
Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece; Email: papakitsev@uniwa.gr
ARTICLE INFO
Received: 5 November 2023 | Revised: 22 November 2023 | Accepted: 30 November 2023 | Published Online: 8 December 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v5i4.6068
CITATION
Kontogianni, A., Papakitsos, E.C., Ganetsos, T., 2023. An Integrated Software Application for the Ancient Coptic Language. Journal of Computer
Science Research. 5(4): 38-42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jcsr.v5i4.6068
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SHORT COMMUNICATION
An Integrated Software Application for the Ancient Coptic Language
Argyro Kontogianni
1
, Evangelos C. Papakitsos
2*
, Theodoros Ganetsos
1
1
Department of Industrial Design & Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
2
Research Laboratory of Electronic Automation, Telematics and Cyber-Physical Systems, University of West Attica,
Egaleo, Athens, 12241, Greece
ABSTRACT
Coptic language was an important period of the Egyptian language, coinciding with a period of social and cultural
changes. Coptic is also associated with the Greek language, as its alphabet is used for the transcription of Coptic.
Despite the fact that the Coptic element is strong in Greece, the theoretical background is rather weak. For this reason,
it is considered necessary to create a software tool that aims to help in the translation of Coptic into Greek and at the
same time to overcome various obstacles that the researcher may encounter while processing the various corpora or
artifacts, such as processing issuer, diacritics etc. This tool consists of a database, a search engine and an interface.
Keywords: Coptic software tools; Computer-assisted translation; Digital heritage