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Caucasian Gothic

2024-05-22T17:45:18Z

Plexus:

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'''Gothic''' (also referred to as '''Caucasian Gothic''' to differentiate it from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language Biblical Gothic]) is an Indo-European language of the East Germanic branch, spoken in Gothia and pockets around the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea Black Sea]. It is spoken by about 4 million native speakers, about 450,000 of which live in other countries. Despite the name, Gothic is not descended from Biblical Gothic, but a closely related dialect. It is a recognized minority language in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey and Romania. It is written in the Gothic script, an alphabet descended from the Biblical Gothic script created by Wulfila, who is canonized as a Saint by the Gothic Orthodox Church.

==Orthography==
===Alphabet===
Gothic is written in its own alphabet known as the Gothic script. It is descended from the Biblical Gothic script (in Gothic called the "Wulfilan script"), but is based on cursive and handwritten letter forms. It is an entirely minuscule script, meaning it is written only with lowercase letters. However, the Wulfilan forms are commonly used to convey an archaic style, and are also sometimes used in religious situations. They are generally well-known, and there have been attempts to standardize them as European-style capital letters, but they have mostly failed.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; font-family:'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif !important; background-color:#ffffff;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef; color:#333333;"
! Letter
! IPA
! Romanization
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ɑ
| /ɑ/
| a
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ƅ
| /b/, /v/
| b
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ƨ
| /g/
| g
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | q
| /d/ 
| d
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | c
| /iː/ 
| e
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | u
| /kʷ/
| qu, q
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ȥ 
| /z/ 
| z
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | h
| /∅/, /x/
| h
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ⱷ
| /θ/ 
| th
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ı 
| /i/ 
| i
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | k
| /k/
| k 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʎ
| /l/ 
| l
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʍ
| /m/ 
| m 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ν 
| /n/ 
| n
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ɥ 
| /j/ 
| j
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ƞ
| /u/
| u
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | n
| /p/ 
| p 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ɾ
| /r/
| r
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | s
| /s/ 
| s 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʈ
| /t/
| t
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ү
| /w/
| w
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | f
| /f/
| f
|- style="color:#000000;"
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ꭓ
| /x/ 
| x
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ɵ
| /ʍ/ 
| wh 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʊ
| /uː/
| o
|-
|}

The alphabet also features one diacritic, the diaeresis/trema, and multiple digraphs.

==Phonology==

===Consonants===

===Vowels===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Intonation====

===Phonotactics===

===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==




==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==

==Other resources==




[[Category:Caucasian Gothic]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Caucasian Gothic

2024-05-22T12:12:43Z

Plexus: Created page with "{{construction}} '''Gothic''' (also referred to as '''Caucasian Gothic''' to differentiate it from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language Biblical Gothic]) is an Indo-European language of the East Germanic branch, spoken in Gothia and pockets around the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea Black Sea]. It is spoken by about 4 million native speakers, about 450,000 of which live in other countries. Despite the name, Gothic is not descended from Biblical Gothic,..."

{{construction}}
'''Gothic''' (also referred to as '''Caucasian Gothic''' to differentiate it from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language Biblical Gothic]) is an Indo-European language of the East Germanic branch, spoken in Gothia and pockets around the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea Black Sea]. It is spoken by about 4 million native speakers, about 450,000 of which live in other countries. Despite the name, Gothic is not descended from Biblical Gothic, but a closely related dialect. It is a recognized minority language in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey and Romania. It is written in the Gothic script, an alphabet descended from the Biblical Gothic script created by Wulfila, who is canonized as a Saint by the Gothic Orthodox Church.

==Orthography==
===Alphabet===
Gothic is written in its own alphabet known as the Gothic script. It is descended from the Biblical Gothic script (in Gothic called the "Wulfilan script"), but is based on cursive and handwritten letter forms. It is an entirely minuscule script, meaning it is written only with lowercase letters. However, the Wulfilan forms are commonly used to convey an archaic style, and are also sometimes used in religious situations. They are generally well-known, and there have been attempts to standardize them as European-style capital letters, but they have mostly failed.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; font-family:'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif !important; background-color:#ffffff;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#efefef; color:#333333;"
! style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | Letter 
! IPA
! Romanization
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ɑ
| /ɑ/
| a
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ƅ
| /b/, /v/
| b
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important; color:#333333;" | ƨ
| /g/, /ɣ/
| g
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | q
| /d/, /ð/ 
| d
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | c
| /iː/ 
| e
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | u
| /kʷ/
| q
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ȥ 
| /z/ 
| z
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | h
| /∅/, /ˠ/, /x/
| h
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ⱷ
| /θ/ 
| th
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ı 
| /i/ 
| i
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | k
| /k/
| k 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʎ
| /l/ 
| l
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʍ
| /m/ 
| m 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ν 
| /n/ 
| n
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ȷ 
| /j/ 
| j
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ƞ
| /u/
| u
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | n
| /p/ 
| p 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ɾ
| /r/
| r
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | s
| /s/ 
| s 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʈ
| /t/
| t
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ү
| /w/
| w
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | f
| /f/
| f
|- style="color:#000000;"
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ꭓ
| /x/ 
| x
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ɵ
| /ʍ/ 
| wh 
|-
| style="font-size:16px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif !important;" | ʊ
| /uː/
| o
|}

The alphabet also features one diacritic, the diaeresis/trema, and multiple digraphs.

==Phonology==

===Consonants===

===Vowels===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Intonation====

===Phonotactics===

===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==




==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==

==Other resources==




[[Category:Caucasian Gothic]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]