Northeastern Gothic [NEGTH]
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[view flag info] Northeastern Gothic
Nuurthuustragutiska [nu:rrθʊstraɣutiska]
[view flag info] Northeastern Gothic
Nuurthuustragutiska [nu:rrθʊstraɣutiska]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersNortheastern Gothic is spoken by a population of 700 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Northeastern Gothic
Northeastern Gothic or Sozh Gothic is an endangered East Germanic language, being the only one in this group that it is still spoken but only by few people in some remote parts of Keltsvia. Today it does not have any official status but it is taught locally in towns where it has some speakers. The other name of this languages comes from its location in the Sozh river valley, in central Keltsvia. The Keltsvian Statistic Institute estimates that this language is spoken by no more than 700 people. This minority is known in Keltsvia as Gotanan Keltsvihi (Keltsvian for "Keltsvian Goths"), which is considered a separated ethnic group from the Keltsvian Germans.
As a Germanic language, Northeastern Gothic is a part of the Indo-European language family. The language survived until today in remote and small communities. The closest languages are the extinct Crimean Gothic, that survived in the lower Danube area and in isolated mountain regions in Crimea and, the Bible Gothic.
Being surrounded by other communities of speakers of other languages (Keltsvian, Russian, Belarusian, Romavian) but not from other Germanic speakers, the language acquired some influence in vocabulary and to a lesser extent phonology from these languages. But it still remained conservative in their language and it has some unique characteristics amongst the Germanic language family.
As a Germanic language, Northeastern Gothic is a part of the Indo-European language family. The language survived until today in remote and small communities. The closest languages are the extinct Crimean Gothic, that survived in the lower Danube area and in isolated mountain regions in Crimea and, the Bible Gothic.
Being surrounded by other communities of speakers of other languages (Keltsvian, Russian, Belarusian, Romavian) but not from other Germanic speakers, the language acquired some influence in vocabulary and to a lesser extent phonology from these languages. But it still remained conservative in their language and it has some unique characteristics amongst the Germanic language family.
Language family relationships
Language treeGermanic
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ East Germanic
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Gothic
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Northeastern Gothic
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ East Germanic
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Gothic⤷
Northeastern Gothic[view] About GermanicThe Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of approximately 500 million people mainly in North America, Oceania, Western and Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approxima...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β]1 | θ | [ð]2 | s | z | x | [ɣ]3 | h | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | u: | |||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open | a [a:]1 | |||||
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Northeastern Gothic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Northeastern GothicOrthography | |||||||||||
| a a /a/ | aa[a:] | b be /b/, [β] | d de /d/, [ð] | e e /e/ | f ef /ɸ/ | g ge /g/, [ɣ] | h ha /h/ | i i /i/ | j jot /j/ | k ka /k/ | l el /l/ |
| m em /m/ | n en /n/ | o o /o/ | p pe /p/ | r er /r/ | s es /s/ | t te /t/ | u u /ʊ/ | w we /w/ | x xa /x/ | y y /y/ | z ze /z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
