[gothic-l] Re: Old Gutnish

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Dirk,

Thank you very much, indeed!
I feel very honoured hearing that such an academic authority like
Prof. Bo Ralph has confirmed my humble and very unprofessional
analysis!
(you see, since I'm not a professional linguist, I feel very
comfortable if some authority in the field confirms the correctness of
my findings).

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> ...
> Hi Francisc,
>
> I have no reason to doubt your linguistic analysis. As I have no
> knowledge of linguistics myself I simply asked the expert, Prof. Bo
> Ralph of Goeteburg University. He confirmed your findings. He said:
> "However, Gutnish is not too different from other varieties of
Nordic
> from the period, and although I remember that in the past it has
been
> claimed that there may be some traits that are "East Germanic", that
> is, reminding of Gothic, it is clear that the similarities are not
> greater than those between Gothic and other Germanic languages of
that
> period in general."
>
> cheers,
> Dirk




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