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.
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.
this entity surface form:
Goth