Gothic script
Sign in to saveunicameral alphabet created in the 4th century by Ulfilas for the purpose of translating the Bible to the Gothic language
Key facts
- Script type
- Alphabet
- Period
- From c. 350 , in decline by 600
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Languages
- Gothic
- Parent systems
- Greek alphabet augmented with Latin and possibly Runic (questionable) Gothic
- Iso 15924
- Goth (206) , Gothic
- Unicode alias
- Gothic
- Unicode range
- U+10330 – U+1034F
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The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century AD by Ulfilas (or Wulfila), a Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible.
In form, most letters resemble letters of the Greek alphabet. The origin of the alphabet is disputed: it is debated whether (or how) the Latin and Runic alphabets were used as a source. The set of letters, and the way that they are used, show some innovations to express Gothic phonology.