Gothic alphabet
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title:
Gothic alphabet
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The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century AD by Ulfilas, a Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible. The alphabet essentially uses uncial forms of the Greek alphabet, with a few additional letters to express Gothic phonology:
- Latin F.
- A questionably Runic letter to distinguish the glide from vocalic.
- The letter hwair (ƕ) to express the Gothic labiovelar.
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Alphabet used for writing the Gothic language
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_alphabet
date created:
2004-06-13T14:52:12Z
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2024-08-28T03:09:51Z
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