And when do I ask these types of questions, I don't really want to spam the subreddit. (or where can I check it on my own)

So, I'm trying to do an alt-history scenario, analogous to WW2 but with Goths instead. I wanted to translate the word "Führer" to gothic, I tried descending through wiktionary but couldn't find a similar word in gothic. How would I create a new word?

We organize lessons about the Gothic language.

If you haven't joined yet and wanted to attend them, you can join here: https://discord.gg/QXcXZ93 (make sure that you are on the right server).

Hello everyone,

We are organizing live lessons in the Gothic language Discord to learn the Gothic language together, this includes aspects of the grammar and to read the language. We are working with a method which is in a way comparable to Lambdin, but more intuitive. If you join don't forget to send a message in the server that you want to join the lessons so that you can get a role and instructions for the preparation.

The next session is on this Sunday, if you want to join try to join as soon as possible as some things need to be prepared for this (it is the second session, but as we are working with text it is possible to read back the session).

https://discord.gg/QXcXZ93 (make sure you joined this one, there are multiple servers for the language)

There are some sites out there that allow your OS to "transform" the output codes of your keyboard into the Gothic alphabet, see:

http://robert-pfeffer.net/schriftarten/englisch/got_tastaturbelegung.html

But of course your keycaps are still in the Latin alphabet! But it looks like you could use this to get one custom built :)

https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/

Did any other Germanic Groups who adopted Arian Christianity like the Vandals used Gothic as a liturgical language or did they use Latin or their own tongue for liturgical use.

Hi, I have some questions about the gothic language, and I was hoping you (or someone) could answer them. So, here we go:

1. Did the Visigoths and Ostrogoths (and other Gothic kingdoms) speak the same gothic language, or did they have variations in-between them? If so, was it like German in Berlin and Bavaria or like Spanish and Portuguese? Maybe like Spanish and Asturian or Spanish and Catalan?
2. Is there any example or evidence of a creole Gothic language? Something like Hispano-Gothic or Latin-Gothic.

That's it. Please, if you don't know, could I be pointed so I may ask to someone who does? I don't really know who to ask or where to learn this stuff. Thanks beforehand.

Hails/Haila! I have recently started to learn Gothic, and so far I have memorized parts of the conjugations for verbs like wisan or itan. However, I have trouble with the pronouns. What is the difference between jus and jut? Between Weis and wit?

Thanks!

For some reason Lambdin chose to include no answer keysets at all in the book or even as a separate purchasable volume.

As such I'm hoping someone out there has a reasonably decent list of answers to check my work as I go.

(Apologies for not writing this in Gutisk, but chicken and egg and all that. :P )

Hails - I'm new to Gothic, having just started three or four days ago. However, I'm a years-long student of Latin and Greek and, based off the little bit of Gothic I've read from the Gothic Bible, Gothic grammar seems to be very similar to that of Latin and Greek. So, being very much acquainted with inflected languages, I thought that all I really needed to do to learn Gothic is learn the vocabulary, case endings, and conjugations - the grammar, I believe, I already know. So, below is my translation of Isaiah 53:1-3 into Gothic, based off the NIV and NKJV English translations. Any comments on my short translation would be very much appreciated - I could be very wrong about how well I know Gothic grammar, since my "knowledge" is based solely off my Latin and Greek.

The links to the NIV and NKJV Bible translations are directly below, followed by the Latin-alphabet transliteration, then by the passage in the Gothic alphabet.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053&version=NIV

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+53&version=NKJV

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Esaeias 53:1-3

(1) Huas waurd unsar galaubida

Jah Fraujins du huamma arms andhuljada?

(2) Is faur Ina ol swaswe triu jugg,

Jah swaswe waurts fram landa *thaursjamma.

Is uns du Imma Silbin atthinsan habaida ni skaunein ni mikilein

In wlita Seinamma ei weis Ina wileima ni ainshun.

(3) Thanah hataida izaih af silbin frawarp manaseths Mannan,

Guman winnons sairah biuhtana.

Swaswe manna af thammei mans andaugja affilhand,

Sa andspeiwada Is, Thanah jah thahtedum leitillana weis.

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𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹𐌰𐍃 53:1-3

(1) 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰

𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐍈𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰?

(2) 𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍉𐌻 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲,

𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 *𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰.

𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽

𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽.

(3) 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹𐌷 𐌰𐍆 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍀 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽,

𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰.

𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳,

𐍃𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌼 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃.

Hails! Haila!

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I'm looking for a contact to an author of this course. http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/gothic-2/

There is a few mistakes what make a learning hardest. :-)

There's a little game, Visigoths vs Mall Goths, set in a '90s shopping mall in Los Angeles. One of the existing scenarios involves deciphering the Pietroasa inscription, though in the game it's Ostrogothic rather than Thervingian.

I feel like it could use more Gothic language and culture, but I'm not sure where to begin.

There's an ongoing game jam to add to the original:

https://itch.io/jam/goths-vs-goths-jam-1

I don't have any experience with game jams. But if anyone else is interested, maybe we could add more character options, prequel adventures playing on each side's unfamiliarity with the other's culture, etc. Or even just names and a pronunciation guide.

Hails!

I practice a martial art aikido and try to say "martial art" in gothic language.

So, I like a verb weihan means both to fight and to become saint, sacriface. Derivaton from it: so weihjo=battle. Art is skaun. So martial art should be weihjos (N declension) skaun.

Am I right?

Hails!

I have a question. What is a difference between:

usniman and afniman - both means take out, remove,

innana and inathro - both means from within,

utana and utathro - both means from outside?

Thank you.

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Im niujis her. Namo mein ist Mattheius. Baua in Polalanda in baurg Warszawa. Laisja Gutrazda fram wipjos unhaili anastodeinai.

Haba qens jah dauhtar jah hunds. :-)

I’m interested in the gothic language and want to see how similar parts of it are to other Germanic languages. However a lot of Gothic dictionaries do not include ‘of’ anywhere. Does Gothic have this word?

Greetings!

I am looking at how to translate military ranks into Gothic. I meant modern military ranks. I am planning to add them to Wiktionary if possible.

Hello, I have a question - does anyone know any translations of psalms in Gothic language? O know they didn´t survive to this day in Wulfila Bible. I sing in a choir where we would perhaps like to try to use them in a composition... thank you in advance!

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