Bohairic region

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The Bohairic region is the area of northern Egypt, particularly around the Nile Delta, where the Bohairic dialect of Coptic historically developed and was used.

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Bohairic region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
associatedWithLanguage Coptic language
country Egypt
hasCulturalHeritage Coptic Christian tradition
hasDialect Bohairic dialect
hasEcclesiasticalUse Bohairic liturgical texts
hasLinguisticFeature Northern Coptic dialect characteristics
hasScript Coptic script
hasWritingTradition Bohairic Coptic manuscripts
historicallyUsedIn late phases of the Coptic language
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
influencedBy Christianization of Egypt
Hellenistic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
languageRole center of development of Bohairic Coptic
languageStatus primary region of Bohairic Coptic usage
linkedTo Patriarchate of Alexandria
locatedIn Nile Delta
northern Egypt
linked to: Lower Egypt
near Mediterranean Sea
partOf Coptic Egypt
Lower Egypt
precededBy Demotic Egyptian usage in the area
religiousAssociation Coptic Orthodox Church
usedFor Bohairic dialect of Coptic
linked to: Bohairic Coptic

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Bohairic Coptic historicalRegion Bohairic region