Gothic language
The Gothic language is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is the East Germanic language with the most texts surviving today. It had died out by the 8th century or perhaps the early 9th century.
| Gothic | ||||
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| Region | Oium, Dacia, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Italy, Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Aquitania, Hispania, Crimea, North Caucasus. | |||
| Era | 3rd–10th century, attested, until 18th century in Crimea | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Dialects | ||||
| Writing system | Gothic alphabet | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | got | |||
| ISO 639-3 | got | |||
| Linguasphere | 52-ADA | |||
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Probably, one of the best known works of the language is Wulfila's translation of the Bible, known as the Wulfila Bible or Gothic Bible or Codex Argenteus. The translation was done in the 3rd century.
Gothic Language Media
A leaf of the Codex Ambrosianus B
Other websites
- Project Wulfila, studies the Gothic language.
References
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Gothic language edition. |
