Visigothic identity of Spain

[ualarauans]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Michael Erwin <merwin at ...> wrote:
>
> I've wondered for some time what the liturgical language of the
> Crimean Goths was. IIRC, their ecclesiastical autonomy within
> Constantinople lasted until 1797, though Greek may have 
predominated
> later on; within 14 centuries they should have left something, 
which
> would add to our understanding of the Gothic language.

I don't know, but I presume it was Greek, because

1) There were a lot of ethnic Greeks living in the territory of the 
Gothic eparchy in the Crimea,

2) The Crimean Goths themselves could have been mostly bilingual 
since relatively early times,

3) The Wulfilan alphabet and Bible translation were to be regarded 
as heretical and thus not fit for use in an Orthodox community.

Unfortunately, the Busbequian vocabulary seems to be the only 
monument of Crimean Gothic that we dispose of.

Ualarauans




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