[gothic-l] Re: Goths in Romania

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

(snip)
>
> * Note: Some Gothic-Gepidic remnants can be found on the territory
of
> today's Romania even later, until the 9th century. So, for instance,
> according to Walahfrid Strabo, Gothic was still used in his time
(the
> 9th century) in some churches in the region of the lower Danube, in
> the neighborhood of Tomi (now Constanta, Romania). On the other
hand,
> the information for the Gothic alphabet in a manuscript from
Salzburg
> (Austria) of the 10th century was possibly derived from southern
> Hungary or Transylvania, where remains of the Gepids were to be
found
> shortly before the Magyars (Hungarians) settled in these regions
(889
> AD). (Virgil Stefanescu - "Introduction to the Comparative Grammar
of
> the Germanic Languages", University of Bucharest, 1971).
>
> Francisc


Hi Francisc,

I found the above information that you supplied very interesting. In
combination with the quotes from the Conversio Bagaoriorum et
Carantanorum (871AD) which stated that the Bavarian missionaries
were in contact with Gepids in Pannonia(...De Gepidis autem quidam
adhuc ibi resident), this seems to indicate that some East Germanic
ethnic groups may have been more resilient than one would have
expected. Unfortunately, the chronicle does not seem to state which
language those Gepids were speaking. However, with language being the
main ethnically defining characteristic and given your information,
one may assume that they were still speaking Gepidic/Gothic.

cheers
Dirk




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