[gothic-l] Re: Wikipedia in Gothic; Native speakers

[llama_nom]

Hi Mark,

I'm fairly sure there are no 'native speakers' of Gothic out there,
meaning people who have learnt some kind of revived and reconstructed
Gothic from birth - so a Gothic wikipedia would be strictly for its
own sake.  In fact I'm not even aware that there has been any grand
unified project to revive and reconstruct Gothic.  You'll notice most
of the traffic here is in English...

Another thing: The historical language is very imperfectly known.
Gerhard Koebler's dictionary clocks in at 5000 words or thereabouts,
and so anyone making an encyclopedia - of all things! - would have to
invent most of the words in it, or just transcribe the English
terms.  But good luck to anyone who tries.

I'm not sure what you mean by "name the letters", but how about:

WAIKIPAIDJA

SO FRIJO AIGKIKLAUPAIDJA

Llama Nom



--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Mark Williamson <node.ue at g...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Somebody made a proposal on the Wikipedia mailinglist at
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l to create a
> Wikipedia in Gothic.
>
> It has turned into a huge debate and I think a lot of the people are
> against creating a Wikipedia in Gothic. I think it would really help
> if some of you guys went over there and gave your opinion.
>
> A crucial part of *my* argument is that there is a Gothic revival
> movement, and that there are native speakers. This was just based
off
> of something I read somewhere but I'm beginning to think it may not
be
> true. Is there an active Gothic revival movement? Is anybody raising
> their children in Gothic? If not, why aren't they?
>
> Apparently one of the main arguments against a Gothic wikipedia
> project is the language having no native speakers and that there is
> only one person who asked for it to be created. Even if there really
> are no native speakers, I think if people showed up and showed
support
> for a Gothic Wikipedia, there is a better chance it will be created.
>
> Two more questions:
>
> How would you spell "wikipedia" in Gothic? Please name the letters
> instead of trying to type it out.
>
> Also, what is the translation in Gothic of "the free encyclopedia"
> ("free" as in "freedom", not  as in "gratis")? Again, please name
the
> individual letters instead of trying to type it (for compatibility
> reasons).
>
> Thanks!
>
> best,
> Mark/Node



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