Gothic language
extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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 | |
|---|---|
| Region | Oium, Dacia, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Italy, Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Aquitania, Hispania, Crimea, North Caucasus. |
| Era | 3rd–10th century, attested, until 18th century in Crimea |
| Dialects | |
| Gothic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | got |
| ISO 639-3 | got |
| Glottolog | goth1244 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ADA |
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.
Other websites
change- Project Wulfila Archived 2014-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, studies the Gothic language.
References
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Gothic edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
