[gothic-l] Re: Wikipedia in Gothic; Native speakers

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IIRC - the last time Gothic could be heard natively was in the 1600's.
--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRERA <duke.co at s...> wrote:
> i think thats a good idea since we all know more or less on how to
speak goth...god thakjandei.....awuilidon to ala meina brothars.....
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> llama_nom <penterakt at f...> wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
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> I'm fairly sure there are no 'native speakers' of Gothic out there,
> meaning people who have learnt some kind of revived and reconstructed
> Gothic from birth - so a Gothic wikipedia would be strictly for its
> own sake. In fact I'm not even aware that there has been any grand
> unified project to revive and reconstruct Gothic. You'll notice most
> of the traffic here is in English...
>
> Another thing: The historical language is very imperfectly known.
> Gerhard Koebler's dictionary clocks in at 5000 words or thereabouts,
> and so anyone making an encyclopedia - of all things! - would have to
> invent most of the words in it, or just transcribe the English
> terms. But good luck to anyone who tries.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "name the letters", but how about:
>
> WAIKIPAIDJA
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> SO FRIJO AIGKIKLAUPAIDJA
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> Llama Nom
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Mark Williamson wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Somebody made a proposal on the Wikipedia mailinglist at
> > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l to create a
> > Wikipedia in Gothic.
> >
> > It has turned into a huge debate and I think a lot of the people are
> > against creating a Wikipedia in Gothic. I think it would really help
> > if some of you guys went over there and gave your opinion.
> >
> > A crucial part of *my* argument is that there is a Gothic revival
> > movement, and that there are native speakers. This was just based
> off
> > of something I read somewhere but I'm beginning to think it may not
> be
> > true. Is there an active Gothic revival movement? Is anybody raising
> > their children in Gothic? If not, why aren't they?
> >
> > Apparently one of the main arguments against a Gothic wikipedia
> > project is the language having no native speakers and that there is
> > only one person who asked for it to be created. Even if there really
> > are no native speakers, I think if people showed up and showed
> support
> > for a Gothic Wikipedia, there is a better chance it will be created.
> >
> > Two more questions:
> >
> > How would you spell "wikipedia" in Gothic? Please name the letters
> > instead of trying to type it out.
> >
> > Also, what is the translation in Gothic of "the free encyclopedia"
> > ("free" as in "freedom", not as in "gratis")? Again, please name
> the
> > individual letters instead of trying to type it (for compatibility
> > reasons).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > best,
> > Mark/Node
>
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