▁many ▁others , ▁including : ▁Arab ic , ▁Greek , ▁and ▁Latin . ▁The ▁Car th agin ian ▁dialect ▁is ▁ ▁called ▁P unic . ▁ ▁Today ' s ▁T if in agh ▁is ▁thought ▁by ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁be ▁desc ended ▁from ▁P unic , ▁but ▁this ▁is ▁still ▁under ▁debate . ▁ ▁Greek ▁The ▁Greek ▁alphabet ▁was ▁adapted ▁in ▁Egypt ▁to ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁alphabet ▁( with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁ 7 ▁letters ▁derived ▁from ▁ancient ▁Dem otic ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁language ▁( which ▁is ▁today ▁only ▁a ▁lit urg ical ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁Church ). ▁An ▁un cial ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁alphabet ▁was ▁used ▁from ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁for ▁writing ▁Old ▁N ub ian , ▁an ▁ancient ▁variety ▁of ▁the ▁N ub ian ▁language . ▁ ▁Arab ic ▁▁ ▁The ▁Arab ic ▁script ▁was ▁introduced ▁into ▁Africa ▁by ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁Islam ▁and ▁by ▁trade . ▁A part ▁from ▁its ▁obvious ▁use ▁for ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁adapted ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁languages ▁over ▁the ▁centuries . ▁The ▁Arab ic ▁script ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁cases , ▁but ▁not ▁in ▁others . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁often ▁necessary ▁to ▁modify ▁the ▁script ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁sounds ▁not ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁script ▁as ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language . ▁The ▁adapted ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁script ▁is ▁also ▁called ▁A j ami , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁Sah