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Name:
Gothic
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Gothisch; gotische
Once Spoken in:
Ukraine
Code:
got
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
East Germanic (eger)
Child Dialects:
Crimean Gothic (got-cri)
Ostrogoth (got-ost)
Visigoth (got-vis)
Brief Description:
An extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Visigoths and Ostrogoths. The major record of this language is the Codex Argenteus, a 6th century copy of a 4th century Bible translation.The oldest documents in Gothic date back to the 4th century. Gothic was still spoken in the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century, and the Frankish author Walafrid Strabo wrote that it was still spoken in the lower Danube area and in isolated mountain regions in Crimea in the early 9th century. It survived until c 1790 AD in the Crimea.
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Gothic
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