[gothic-l] Re: Old Gutnish

[Tore Gannholm]

>
>Hi Tore,
>
>I can simply not believe that the Gutnish language is such a mystery
>to professional Scandinavianists that they are unable to make
>reasonably well-informed statements about its place among Nordic and
>Germanic languages. The assessments that I received from two Swedish
>linguists and Fransisc's own analysis all say the same thing, so I
>tend to belief them. I suppose we will have to differ on this.
>
>cheers,
>Dirk
>

Hi Dirk,
I found an interesting passage in "Runorna i Sverige" by Otto v. Friesen,
one of the most famous rune specialists.

In this book he analyzis the development of the rune alfabeths.

He says that at the end of the 11th century they try in Denmark to build
the "helstungna" alfabeth on the Danish runes. However in a consequent and
original way we find this done in Gotland during the 12th century. The
signs are naturally adapted to the strange Old Gutnish sound system where æ
and ø-sounds are missing. This indicates that v. Frisen was of the opinion
that Oldgutnish was very different from the other languages in Scandinavia.

Tore


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