Sample Characters
First 48 characters from Gothic (U+10330–U+1034A)
About Gothic
The Gothic alphabet was created around 350 CE by the Gothic bishop Ulfilas (Wulfila) to translate the Bible into the Gothic language, making it one of history's early translations of the Bible. The translation, known as the Codex Argenteus (Silver Bible), is the oldest substantial text in any Germanic language.
The Gothic alphabet drew primarily from Greek uncials, with some characters from Runic and Latin. Gothic, the extinct East Germanic language for which it was used, is the oldest attested Germanic language. The script has 27 letters and is written left-to-right.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
Languages Using Gothic 1
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Goth
- ISO Number
- 206
- Script Type
- Alphabet
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Historical
- Region
- European
- Characters
- 27
- Introduced
- 350 CE
- Languages
- 1
Unicode Ranges
-
GothicU+10330–U+1034A
Script Properties
- Has Case
- No
- Cursive
- No
- Vowels
- full