GOTHIC: a n extinct language of Ukraine

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: GOF

ISO 639-2: got

Region Bulgaria and central Europe. Also spoken in Bulgaria.
Dialects CRIMEAN GOTHIC, OSTROGOTH, VISIGOTH.
Classification Indo-European, Germanic, East.
Comments Some settlements survived in Crimea until the 18th century (Bloomfield 1933). Extinct. Bible 520.

Also spoken in:

Bulgaria   
Language name   GOTHIC
Dialects CRIMEAN GOTHIC, OSTROGOTH, VISIGOTH.
Comments Some settlements survived in the Crimea until the 18th century (Bloomfield 1933). Extinct. Bible 520. See main entry under Ukraine.
 

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