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Gothic

Extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths

Languagedead language ancient language extinct languageQ35722

Also known as Gothic language

Speakers: 0(since 1700)
Subclass of: East Germanic
1
Sources
1.Stated in Archaeology & Language
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Script: Gothic script
, Runic script
Indigenous to: Goths
, Balkans

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Gothic is a now-extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex Argenteus, a 6th-century copy of a 4th-century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic language with a sizeable text corpus.

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Works in this language

28 linked to Gothic in Wikidata

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72 statements · 26% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Wikimedia language code: got
Linguistic typology: stress-timed language
fusional language
UNESCO language status: 6 extinct
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Sources
1.unesco.org/languages-atlas/Retrieved 2019-10-06
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Country: Italy
Gaul
Spain
Ukraine
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Sources
1.“ScriptSource - Ukraine”scriptsource.org/country/UARetrieved 2023-08-21
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Russia
Ethnologue language status: none
Different from: Gothique
Members / parts: Crimean Gothic
Dissolved: 8th century
Located in: Balkans

On other databases

44 identifiers linking Gothic across the web's reference databases

54.0000, 13.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Gothic (Q35722). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/gothic-Q35722