Gothic alphabet

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alphabet historical script writing system

The Gothic alphabet is an ancient script devised in the 4th century by the bishop Ulfilas to write the Gothic language, primarily for translating the Bible for the Gothic people.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gothic alphabet canonical 6
Gothic block 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Goths ⓘ
surface form: Gothic people
associatedWithReligion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity
creationDate 4th century ⓘ
creator Ulfilas ⓘ
Ulfilas ⓘ
surface form: Wulfila
derivedFrom Greek alphabet ⓘ
designedForMedium parchment manuscripts ⓘ
hasLetter 𐌰 ⓘ
𐌱 ⓘ
𐌲 ⓘ
𐌳 ⓘ
𐌴 ⓘ
𐌵 ⓘ
𐌶 ⓘ
𐌷 ⓘ
𐌸 ⓘ
𐌹 ⓘ
𐌺 ⓘ
𐌻 ⓘ
𐌼 ⓘ
𐌽 ⓘ
𐌾 ⓘ
𐌿 ⓘ
𐍀 ⓘ
𐍁 ⓘ
𐍂 ⓘ
𐍃 ⓘ
𐍄 ⓘ
𐍅 ⓘ
𐍆 ⓘ
𐍇 ⓘ
𐍈 ⓘ
𐍉 ⓘ
hasLetterCountRange 27–28 ⓘ
hasNumericValues yes ⓘ
hasTransliterationStandard Latin transliteration of Gothic ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Gothic ⓘ
influencedBy Greek alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Runic alphabet ⓘ
ISO15924Code Goth ⓘ
ISO15924Number 206 ⓘ
numberOfLetters 27 ⓘ
primaryPurpose translation of the Bible ⓘ
primaryUsers Goths ⓘ
regionOfUse Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
standardizedBy Ulfilas ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange U+10330–U+1034F ⓘ
usedFor Gothic Bible ⓘ
usedForLanguageStatus extinct language ⓘ
usedInManuscript Codex Ambrosianus ⓘ
Codex Argenteus ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Greek-derived scripts ⓘ
writingSystemFor Gothic language ⓘ
writingSystemScope biblical translation ⓘ
liturgical ⓘ
writingSystemStatus extinct ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Gothic language → writingSystem → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
Supplementary Multilingual Plane → contains → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gothic block
Goths → writingSystem → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
Gothic Bible → script → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
Ulfilas → languageCreated → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
Codex Argenteus → script → Gothic alphabet ⓘ
East Germanic languages → writingSystem → Gothic alphabet ⓘ