Modern Crimean Gothic

Modern Gothic is a Germanic language spoken by approximately 600,000 people on the Crimean Peninsula. It is an East Germanic language, closely related to Biblical Gothic, however the language is not a lineal descendant of Biblical Gothic. Nonetheless the speakers refer to themselves as "Goths" and their language still shares enough similarities with Gothic to be considered related. The language is critically endangered, with only a handful of native speakers remaining, with most acquiring the language as an L2.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p b		t d	t͡ʃ	k *g
Fricative	f v	θ	s z	ʃ	x ɣ
Liquid			r l
Approximant	w			j

• In loanwords only

The vowel inventory of Modern Gothic is rather atypical for a Germanic language, lacking the front rounded vowels of many of its cousins.

Vowel phonemes of Gutisch Razde

	Front	Central	Back
Close	ɪ iː		ʊ uː
Mid	ɛ eː	ə*	ɔ oː
Open		a

• In unstressed syllables only

Nouns

S-Stem Nouns

The largest category of nouns in Gutisch are the s-stem nouns. They derive from the masculine Proto-Germanic a-, i-, and u-stems, as well as a handful of consonant stems. Example of an s-stem noun, дахс (day):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	дахс	дагес
Vocative	дах	дагес
Accusative	дах	дагенс
Dative	даге	дагем
Genitive	дагес	даге

N-Stem Nouns

N-stems are inherited from Proto-Germanic an-, ōn- and in-stem nouns. They can be masculine or feminine. Example of a weak masculine stem noun, мѥне (moon):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative/ Vocative/ Accusative	мѥне	мѥненс
Dative	мѥнен	мѥнем
Genitive	мѥненс	мѥнене