Gothic

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Gothic refers to the East Germanic people and their language, historically known for their role in the late Roman Empire and early medieval Europe.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Goth 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Germanic language
Indo-European language
extinct language
historical language
ancestor Crimean Gothic NERFINISHED
attestedIn 4th century
5th century
developedFrom Proto-Germanic NERFINISHED
earliestGermanicText yes
extinction early Middle Ages
grammaticalFeature dual number in pronouns
four noun cases
strong and weak verb classes
three grammatical genders
hasCase accusative
dative
genitive
nominative
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
early Middle Ages NERFINISHED
influenced historical linguistics of Germanic
ISO639-2 got
languageBranch East Germanic branch of Germanic
languageFamily East Germanic NERFINISHED
lexicalSimilarity other Germanic languages
morphologicalType fusional language
notableTranslator Ulfilas NERFINISHED
notableWork Gothic Bible NERFINISHED
partOf Indo-European language family NERFINISHED
phonologicalFeature retention of Proto-Germanic /z/ as /s/
primaryText Codex Argenteus NERFINISHED
Skeireins NERFINISHED
region Balkans
Eastern Europe
Hispania NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
religiousUse Arian Christian texts
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Goths NERFINISHED
standardForm language of the Codex Argenteus
studiedIn Germanic philology
comparative Indo-European linguistics
subclassOf Germanic language
usedFor biblical translation
writingSystem Gothic alphabet NERFINISHED
writingSystemCreator Ulfilas NERFINISHED

Referenced by (9)

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

Ulfilas ethnicity Gothic
Crimean Gothic ancestor Gothic
Euric languageUsed Gothic
Quenya inspiredBy Gothic
Radagaisus ethnicity Gothic
this entity surface form: Goth
Totila languageContext Gothic