Historically, ethnic Copts spoke the Coptic language, a direct descendant of the Demotic Egyptian that was spoken in late antiquity. Coptic Orthodox Christians are also the largest Christian denomination in Sudan and Libya.
Coptic Orthodox Christians are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and in the Middle East. Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Orthodox Christians. The Copts ( Coptic: ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, romanized: niremənkhēmi Arabic: الْقِبْط, al-Qibṭ) are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt and Sudan since antiquity.
