From Coptic to Arabic in Medieval Egypt

Zaborowski, Jason R.

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“…Sosio-Kultural Koptik Sebuah teks berbahasa Arab yang berjudul Apocalypse of Samuel of Qalamun barangkali dapat dikatakan sebagai satu-satunya naskah yang berhasil menceritakan tentang language change di antara kalangan Koptik, yaitu dari bahasa Koptik ke bahasa Arab. Bukan itu saja, teks ini pun menceritakan tentang kekecewaan dan kegelisahan kalangan elit Koptik dengan apa yang terjadi pada komunitas mereka (Zaborowski, 2008 (Mikhail, 2003). 3 Teks Qalamun yang penulis kutip langsung dari sumber aslinya (https://archive.org/details/TheApocalypse OfSamuelOfKalamun,) diketik ulang apa adanya tanpa ada modifikasi sedikit pun dari sisi bahasa mengingat sebagian redaksi bahasanya belum sesuai dengan bahasa Arab standar.…”

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Pengaruh Bahasa Arab Terhadap Identitas Sosio-Kulturaldan Keagamaan Masyarakat Koptik Di Mesir

Yoyo¹

2018

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<p>In general, Arabic is the official language of the Arab states. However, at the beginning of its contact with non-Arab societies, this language—that is always associated as the language of Islam—was not easily accepted by non-Muslims. One of them is Coptic community, the native of Egyptian people who are Christians and speak Coptic language. The spread of the Arabic language was a serious challenge for them both from the issue of social identity, culture, and religion. This paper attempts to elaborate the reactions and efforts made by the Coptic community on the influence of the Arabic language to their lives. In detail, the paper tries to answer research questions as follow: 1) Howwas the social and political background of Coptic community before and after the coming of Islam in Egypt? 2) How was the Islamization and Arabization process in Egypt? Did the process run concurrently or two things different from its periode? What is the influence of the Arabic language on socio cultural and religious aspects of the Coptic community? To arrive at these objectives, the author used descriptive analysis methods by reviewing previous studies related to the subject and combining it with current information. The results showed that: 1) from the socio-cultural side, Arabic has become Coptic identity that can be seen from their Arabic names and their integration as part of both in ritual and religious literature.<strong></strong></p>

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Pengaruh Bahasa Arab Terhadap Identitas Sosio-Kulturaldan Keagamaan Masyarakat Koptik Di Mesir

Yoyo¹

2018

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An Orientation to the Sources and Study of Early Islamic Egypt (641–868ce)

Mikhail

2010

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This article surveys the most important Christian (Coptic and Melkite) and Islamic sources for the study of Egypt from the Arab conquest (641 ce) through the mid‐ninth century. Beginning with a discussion of reference works, the article turns to narrative, hagiographic, and apocalyptic texts that focus specifically on Egypt. The latter section identifies the essential print and online resources for the study of Greek, Coptic, and Arabic papyri through the ninth century.

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A comparative analysis of two cases of language death and maintenance in post-Islam Egypt and Great Khorāsān: reasons and motives

Dehghan,

Farkhondehzadeh

2023

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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This paper compares two areas of Egypt and Khorāsān in post-Islamic era regarding the loss and maintenance of their mother tongues. While in Egypt, Coptic was gradually removed from both formal and colloquial usages, in Khorāsān, Persian (Farsi or Parsi Dari), though was out of official and governmental services for more than two centuries, was able to finally maintain its status. The most important reason found behind this difference can be attributed to the independence seeking movements in Khorāsān (e.g. Sho’ūbieh), leading to the establishment of the first post-Islamic independent Iranian governments who supported the revival of Iranian culture and the maintenance of Persian language. Secondly, the migration of Arab tribes and the Arabization of the conquered societies were more successful in Egypt compared to Eastern Iran, which changed the demographic composition of Egypt. Moreover, the role of Persian-speaking epic poets, the social class of dihgāns in Iranian society and the fact that Coptic was not as old a language as Persian are other important reasons. It is argued that language maintenance can happen better in cases where top–down governmental and institutional support exists.

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From Coptic to Arabic in Medieval Egypt

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Pengaruh Bahasa Arab Terhadap Identitas Sosio-Kulturaldan Keagamaan Masyarakat Koptik Di Mesir

Pengaruh Bahasa Arab Terhadap Identitas Sosio-Kulturaldan Keagamaan Masyarakat Koptik Di Mesir

An Orientation to the Sources and Study of Early Islamic Egypt (641–868ce)

A comparative analysis of two cases of language death and maintenance in post-Islam Egypt and Great Khorāsān: reasons and motives

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