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Gutisch Razde, or simply Gutisch (Cyrillic: '''гутиш''') is a Germanic language spoken by approximately 45,000 people on the southern coast of 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. | Gutisch Razde, or simply Gutisch (Cyrillic: '''гутиш''') is a Germanic language spoken by approximately 45,000 people on the southern coast of 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 === | |||
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*In loanwords only | *In loanwords only | ||
The | The vowel inventory of Gutisch is rather small for a Germanic language: it hosts only six different kinds of vowels, five of which can be lengthened. | ||
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|+ Vowel phonemes of | |+ Vowel phonemes of Gutisch Razde | ||
! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ||
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=== Weak Masculine Stems === | === Weak Masculine Stems === | ||
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=== Strong Feminine Stems === | === Strong Feminine Stems === | ||
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! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| broedes || broede | | broedes || broede | ||
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=== Weak Neuter Stems === | |||
Mariupol Gothic weak neuter stems are inherited exclusively from Proto-Germanic an-stem neuters. Example of a weak neuter stem noun, ''oege''* (eye): | |||
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! Case !! Singular !! Plural | |||
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! Nominative | |||
| oege || oegene | |||
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! Accusative | |||
| oege || oegene | |||
|- | |||
! Dative | |||
| oegen || oegem | |||
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! Genitive | |||
| oegens || oegene | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||