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Re: Gothic language

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 25, 1999, 18:56
And don't forget Gothic has a really neat alphabet, adapted from Greek.  DW

>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
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