Copts
The Copts (Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ, NiRemenkīmi enKhristianos; Arabic: أقباط‎, Aqbat) are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who primarily inhabit the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination in the country. Copts are also the largest Christian adherent group in Sudan and Libya.
Historically, they spoke the Coptic language, a direct descendant of the Demotic Egyptian that was spoken in late antiquity. The Coptic language is a focus of Coptology and remains in liturgical use, although most Copts today speak Egyptian Arabic.