 Because Sahidic shares most of its features with other dialects of Coptic with few peculiarities specific to itself, and has an extensive corpus of known texts, it is generally the dialect studied by learners of Coptic, particularly by scholars outside of the Coptic Church.Akhmimic was the dialect of the area around the town of Akhmim (Greek "Panopolis").It flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries, after which no writings are attested.