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Gothic
Also known as Gothic language
extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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Gothic was an extinct language spoken by the Goths, a Germanic people of ancient and medieval Europe. It matters to scholars because it is the oldest known Germanic language with surviving written records, making it invaluable for understanding how Germanic languages evolved.
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- Gothic alphabet.png
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- Wikimedia language code
- got
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 0
- Commons category
- Gothic language
- P10369
- Paul Morand
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0800-00-00
- P13311
- Galapagos Islands
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Expansion of early Germanic tribes into previously mostly Celtic Central Europe: Settlements before 750 BC
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