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Gothic

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
extinct language
Subclass of
East Germanic
Country
Russia
Located in
Balkans
Image
Gothic alphabet.png
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on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
writing system
runic script
topic's main category
Category:Gothic language
Wikimedia language code
got
number of speakers, writers, or signers
0
Commons category
Gothic language
linguistic typology
fusional language
indigenous to
Balkans
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0800-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Expansion of early Germanic tribes into previously mostly Celtic Central Europe:    Settlements before 750 BC

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gothic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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