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Pure Greek only alphabet for Coptic

Greek Name	coptic name	translit. (IPA)
Alpha	alpʰa	a ([ɑ, ʕ, ʔ])
Beta	bēta	b, v, w
Gamma	gamma	g (/k/, /g, ŋ, ɣ/)
Delta	dalda	d (/d, ð/)
Epsilon	ei	e
Wau (digamma)	fai	f
Stigma	ti	ti (/ti, c/)
Zeta	zēta	z (/s/, /z/)
Heta	hori	h, ḥ
Eta	ēta	ē (/eː, ɛː, i/)
Theta	tʰēta	tʰ (/tʰ, θ/)
Iota	iōta	i (/i, j/)
Yot	jōt	j (/j/)
Kappa	kappa	k, q
Lambda	laula	l
Mu	mē	m
Nu	nē	n
Xi	kˢi	kˢ (/ks/)
Omicron	ou	o
Pi	pi	p, b
San	ḏanḏia	ḏ (/ʤ, g, ɟ/)
Koppa	čima	č (/q, ʧ, gʲ, ʃ/)
Rho	rō	r
Sigma	sēmma	s
Tau	tau	t (/t, d/)
Upsilon	he	u (/u, w, i, v/)
Phi	pʰi	pʰ (/pʰ, f/)
Chi	kʰi	kʰ (/kʰ, χ, ʃ/)
Psi	pˢi	pˢ (/ps/)
Omega	ō	ō (/oː/)
Sampi (disigma)	ḫai	ḫ (/x/)
Sho	šai	š (/ʃ/)

Sou as soundless derivative of soundful Stigma, and pˢis ənše as soundless derivative of soundful sampi can be discarded. As you see, Coptic language can be covered by native Greek letters only. Adding Demotic letters was nothing more than breaking open door. All images of all letters are here: http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0370.pdf 91.94.168.213 15:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Original Greek numeric and sound values

Greek alphabet
Letter	Name	Sound	Value
Αα	αλφα	[a]	1
Ββ	βῆτα	[b]	2
Γγ	γάμμα	[g]	3
Δδ	δέλτα	[d]	4
Εε	εψιλόν	[e]	5
Ϝϝ	ϝαυ	[w]	6
Ϛϛ	ϛῖγμα	[st]	6
Ζζ	ζῆτα	[zd]	7
Ͱͱ	ͱἦτα	[h]	8
Ηη	ητα	[ɛ]	8
Θθ	θῆτα	[tʰ]	9
Ιι	ιῶτα	[i]	10
Ϳϳ	ϳῶτα	[j]	10
Κκ	κάππα	[k]	20
Λλ	λάμβδα	[l]	30
Μμ	μῦ	[m]	40
Νν	νῦ	[n]	50
Ξξ	ξῖ	[ks]	60
Οο	ομικρόν	[o]	70
Ππ	πῖ	[p]	80
Ϻϻ	ϻάν	[s]	90
Ϙϙ	ϙόππα	[q]	90
Ρρ	ρῶ	[r]	100
Σσ	σῖγμα	[s]	200
Ττ	ταῦ	[t]	300
Υυ	υψιλόν	[y]	400
Φφ	φῖ	[pʰ]	500
Χχ	χῖ	[kʰ]	600
Ψψ	ψῖ	[ps]	700
Ωω	ωμέγα	[ɔ]	800
Ͳͳ	ͳαμπῖ	[ss]	900
Ϸϸ	ϸω	[ʃ]	900

Table presents full Greek alphabet as used by Greeks. 87.96.32.168 09:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)