Old Gutnish

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North Germanic language extinct language historical language

Old Gutnish is an extinct North Germanic language variety once spoken on the Swedish island of Gotland, distinct from but related to Old Norse.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ancient Gutnish 1
Northern Gutnish 1
Southern Gutnish 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
ancestor Proto-Germanic ⓘ
Proto-Norse ⓘ
attestedIn Gutalagen ⓘ
Gutasaga ⓘ
medieval charters from Gotland ⓘ
runic inscriptions from Gotland ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
country Sweden ⓘ
culturalContext language of medieval Gotland society ⓘ
descendant Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Gotlandic dialects of Swedish

Gutnish ⓘ
distinctFrom Old East Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Danish

Old East Norse ⓘ
Old Icelandic ⓘ
Old Norwegian ⓘ
Old Swedish ⓘ
Old Norwegian ⓘ
surface form: Old West Norse
era Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
extinct true ⓘ
geographicalContext Baltic Sea island language ⓘ
glottologCode oldg1241 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Old Gutnish ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Gutnish

Old East Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Gotlandic
hasFeature lexical items not shared with mainland Old Norse ⓘ
morphology similar to other early North Germanic languages ⓘ
phonological developments distinct from Old East Norse ⓘ
retention of some archaic Proto-Norse features ⓘ
hasMorphologicalTrait rich inflectional system ⓘ
hasNotableText Gutalagen ⓘ
Gutasaga ⓘ
hasPhonologicalTrait conservative treatment of some diphthongs ⓘ
influenced modern Gutnish dialects ⓘ
influencedBy Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
isoStatus extinct ⓘ
languageCodeType no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: North Germanic dialect continuum
region Gotland ⓘ
spokenIn Gotland ⓘ
surface form: Fårö

Gotland ⓘ
studiedIn Germanic philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subfamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
usedBy Gutes ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old East Norse → closelyRelatedTo → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Gutnish → distinctFrom → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Old Gutnish → hasAlternativeName → Old Gutnish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Gutnish
Gutnish → hasAncestor → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Gutnish → hasDialect → Old Gutnish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gutnish
Gutnish → hasDialect → Old Gutnish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gutnish
Norse → hasDialect → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Gutalagen → hasLanguage → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Gutasaga → language → Old Gutnish ⓘ
Gutes → legalCodeLanguage → Old Gutnish ⓘ