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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. | 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. | ||
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! Approximant | ! Approximant | ||
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*In loanwords only | *In loanwords only | ||
The vowel inventory of Modern Gothic is rather atypical for a Germanic language, | === Vowels === | ||
The vowel inventory of Modern Gothic is rather atypical for a Germanic language, having only ten vowels in total. Schwa is usually analyzed as an allophone of /ɛ/. | |||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ||
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! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| ɛ eː || ə | | ɛ eː || (ə) || ɔ oː | ||
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! Open | ! Open | ||
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== Nouns == | == Nouns == | ||
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=== N-Stem Nouns === | === N-Stem Nouns === | ||
N-stems are inherited from Proto-Germanic an-, ōn- and in-stem nouns. They can be | N-stems are inherited from Proto-Germanic an-, ōn- and in-stem nouns. They can be any gender. Example of an n-stem noun, ''мѥне'' (moon): | ||
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[[Category: Indo-European_languages]][[Category: Germanic languages]][[Category: East Germanic languages]][[Category: Languages]][[Category: Conlangs]][[Category: A_posteriori]] | |||