[gothic-l] Re: Gothic in Balkan

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> ...
> Hi Francisc,
>
> I think the Salzburg manuscripts only refer to Gepids (Gepidae),
but
> they don't mention Goths or Gothic if I am not mistaken. It is
> probably assumed that these Gepids spoke Gothic at this time, but
it
> is probably not certain.
>

The presence in the Salzburg manuscript of the runic script with
Gothic letter names suggests that this information came from Gothic
speaking pagans (the christianized Gothic-speaking peoples replaced
the runes with the script created by Wulfila).

Francisc





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