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'''Gothedish''' (Native: ''Guþþydske'' /ˈɡuːθʏtskə/) is an East Germanic language. One of its most distinctive feature is extensive palatalization, which is most likely due to Slavic influence. | '''Gothedish''' (Native: ''Guþþydske'' /ˈɡuːθʏtskə/) is an East Germanic language. One of its most distinctive feature is extensive palatalization, which is most likely due to Slavic influence. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Gothedish is a descendant of Gothic, spoken by the Gothedes (''Guþþyde''). | |||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
The ethnonym ''Guþþyde'' "Gothede" is derived from Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 ''gutþiuda'' "Goths", from *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 ''þiuda'' "Goth" + 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 ''þiuda'' "people". Folk etymology derives it from ''Gud'' "God" (< Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 ''guþ'' "God") + ''þyde'' "slave" (< Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 ''þiwaida'' "enslaved"), in which case it means "slave of God". ''Guþþyde'' is declined as a strong feminine noun when referring to the Gothedes as whole and as a weak noun when referring to an individual. | The ethnonym ''Guþþyde'' "Gothede" is derived from Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 ''gutþiuda'' "Goths", from *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 ''þiuda'' "Goth" + 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 ''þiuda'' "people". Folk etymology derives it from ''Gud'' "God" (< Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 ''guþ'' "God") + ''þyde'' "slave" (< Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 ''þiwaida'' "enslaved"), in which case it means "slave of God". ''Guþþyde'' is declined as a strong feminine noun when referring to the Gothedes as whole and as a weak noun when referring to an individual. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||