[gothic-l] Re: The Goths, Gutland (Gutones) and the Guta Saga

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> Everybody who can read Gothic should be able to read the Gutasaga in
its
> original language Gutnish (Gotlandic).
> There is a German translation but no English translation.
> Tore


Hi Tore,

that is very interesting, because that implies that Gothic is not an
extinct language after all, given that there are still some 2000
speakers of Gutnish (Gotlandic) around. Can you provide some examples
of the Gutnish language Tore.

I only found the following numerals in Old-Gutnish:


1. ann
2. tueir
3. ?
4. fiaurir
5. ?
6. ?
7. siau


I don't know Gothic, so perhaps somebody on the list could tell us,
whether this is sufficiently close to Gothic to allow for mutual
intelligibility. Does anybody have the Gothic numerals 1-10?

cheers,
Dirk





>
> >Esteemed listmembers,
> >
> >One of the first steps toward a project of "The Gutar
> >and the Goths" could be to translate the Guta Saga
> >into English, if such a translation does not exist (I
> >don't know of any, does any of our Gutnish friends
> >know?).
> >
> >Norwegian Professor Bugge, one among many
> >prominent Norwegians in the field of linguistics,
> >once proposed that Old Gutnish and Gothic be
> >compared. He was of the opinion that the greatest
> >similarity between East Germanic was with Old
> >Gutnish. As then maybe now the Norwegians would
> >have to come to our rescue. The Swedish krona
> >is falling like a rock and a project involving Gutland
> >(Gotland is a German name, as Germans sometimes
> >had influence on Gutland/Gotland) could well use some
> >Norwegian support. Not only has Bugge pointed us in the right
> >direction geographically but Dr. Heyerdahl
> >has now started an undertaking that has wider
> >implications, in my opinion.
> >
> >The aspect of most interest in the Guta Saga is of course
> >the migration section and maybe it would be of interest
> >for a project to look not only into aspects of Crimean
> >Gothic language but also aspects of placenames on Crimea
> >(Gothia). Naturally a project ought also to deal
> >with the archaelogical aspects, naturally with involvement
> >of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Crimean
> >researchers.
> >
> >Gutnically
> >
> >Bertil
> >
> >
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