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Re: Gothic language

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 25, 1999, 17:54
When I can I'll have a look!  Of course, "Real Gothic" was a conlang as
well, invented by St. Wulfilas (patron of conlangers?) in order to
translate Christian scripture for the various Visigoth tribes.  In other
words, a sort of interlanguage which could be used by more than just one
tribe.

Padraic.

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Eric Christopherson wrote:

> Don't know if (you|you all|you guys|yous|youse|youse guys|etc.) know of it > yet, but a friend of mine recently pointed out to me a site about the Gothic > language (http://www.csulb.edu/~mcarver/). Though Gothic was a real > language, this describes a "revived" Gothic, including neologisms, so it is > in a sense a conlang :O) Also, it could be useful for anyone interested in > making a Germanic conlang. There's also a mailing list for Gothic linked > from the site. > > Well, have fun with it :) > > Eric Christopherson > raccoon@elknet.net / rakkoon78@hotmail.com >