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            <p>A lot would depend on the nature of the settlement;<br>
if the Visigoths settled in communities and farmed themselves, the<br>
language is more likely to have survived than if they were widely<br>
scattered as 'lords of the manor' surrounded by romance speaking servants,<br>
neighbors, etc.<br>
The 'barbarian' groups that kept their language after entering the former<br>
empire were largely those who were of the first sort (the Anglo-Saxons,<br>
Slavs, Alemanni) while those of the second sort (Bulgars, Franks,<br>
Burgundians, Normans) have long since disappeared and would seem to have<br>
been absorbed quickly.<br>
<br>
raul catalan ramos wrote:<br>
> I have "argued" about this point with my friends several times.From my<br>
> point of view, according to the number of words inherited from east<br>
> germanic, it is very unlikely the employ of gothic by goths in Hispania,<br>
> becasuse most of germanic words in nowadays spanish is limited to only a<br>
> handful examples (as "guerra" (written "Werra"  in the ancient sources ,<br>
> meaning "war") or "bosque" meaning "forest", both of them nearby the same<br>
> as the italian words for war, "guerra", and   forest,"bosco"<wbr>). On the<br>
> other hand, the lack of written sources in gothic can't be used to deny<br>
> the employ of gothic among goths in hispania, because the written sources<br>
> from this period are closely related to the highest elites of society,<br>
> whose focus was the roman (and then bizantine) culture and the employ of<br>
> Latin. I agree with the idea that<br>
> gothic vanished in a few generations, but I think that it must endured for<br>
>  some time in rural areas far from the cities.<br>
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