Gothic language facts for kids
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| Region | Oium, Dacia, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Italy, Gallia Narbonensis, Gallia Aquitania, Hispania, Crimea, North Caucasus. | |||
| Era | 3rd–10th century, attested, until 18th century in Crimea | |||
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Indo-European
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Crimean Gothic
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| Writing system | Gothic alphabet | |||
| Linguasphere | 52-ADA | |||
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The Gothic language is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is the East Germanic language with the most texts surviving today. It had died out by the 8th century or perhaps the early 9th century.
Probably, one of the best known works of the language is Wulfila's translation of the Bible, known as the Wulfila Bible or Gothic Bible or Codex Argenteus. The translation was done in the 3rd century.
Images for kids
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A leaf of the Codex Ambrosianus B
See also
In Spanish: Idioma gótico para niños
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