Maryan Coptic

Maryan Coptic
ϯⲙⲩⲧⲭⲏⲙⲉ timutkʰēme
Pronunciation	[/tɪˌmutˈkʰeːmə/]
Created by	Castillerian
Setting	Egypt
Language family	Afroasiatic Egyptian Demotic Coptic Maryan Coptic
Dialects	Standard Maryan Coptic Nahle Cholev

Maryan Coptic (ϯⲙⲩⲧⲭⲏⲙⲉ, tr. timutkʰēme) is an a posteriori language created by conlanger Castillerian. The initial intent of this language is to envision a modernized variant of Classical Coptic while preserving most of its grammar, vocabulary, and estimated phonology.

The first drafts of what would become the Maryan Coptic language were created in June 2017, initially called 'New Coptc' and 'Neo-Egyptian'. Early drafts detailed a modified Latin alphabet as the language's primary writing system, and its phonology more atone with modern-day Greco-Bohairic Coptic. Discontent with the language's current state, the creator redrafted all its core phonology and grammar in May 2019, along with its entire lexicon.