[gothic-l] Re: Salzburg Annales / Codex Albiensis

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi, Dirk,

it's possible that the phonetical records might refer to those who,
according to W. Strabo, still used Gothic in some churches on the
lower Danube in the 9th century.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> ...
> I was wondering, why would somebody in Bavaria in around 800AD
bother
> to record phoenetical notes for the pronounciation of Gothic? Where
> they in contact with Gothic speakers further down the Danube? Or
had
> the Gothic mission, which seems to have resulted in some Gothic
words
> in Bavarian, had an impact that lasted to the 9th century? The
Gothic
> bible (Codex Argenteus) was possibly already in Germany by that
time,
> but the author of the Alcuin Codex was apparently interested in the
> pronouciation of Gothic, which I think can only mean that Gothic
was
> spoken in some form or another. Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers
> Dirk



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