New Testament

===Coptic===
{{Main|Bible translations into Coptic}}
There are several dialects of the Coptic language: [[Bohairic]] (the [[Nile Delta]]), [[Fayyumic]] (in the [[Faiyum]] in [[Middle Egypt]]), [[Sahidic]] (in [[Upper Egypt]]), [[Akhmimic]] (what is now [[Sohag Governorate]] in Upper Egypt), and others. The first translation was made by at least the third century into the Sahidic dialect (cop<sup>sa</sup>). This translation represents a mixed text, mostly [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian]], though also with [[Western text-type|Western]] readings.{{sfn|Võõbus|1954|pp=216–229}}

A Bohairic translation was made later, but existed already in the 4th century. Though the translation makes less use of Greek words than the Sahidic, it does employ some Greek grammar (e.g., in word-order and the use of particles such as the syntactic construction μεν—δε). For this reason, the Bohairic translation can be helpful in the reconstruction of the early Greek text of the New Testament.{{sfnm |Võõbus|1954|1pp=229–237 |Metzger|1977|2pp=99–152}}