ABSTRACT
Gothic belongs to the Germanic branch of Indo-European. In the fourth century AD, the Visigoths were settled along the lower course of the Danube and in neighbouring areas, and it was here that Bishop Wulfila worked as missionary and translator, first north of the Danube, and after 348 south of the river in Roman territory. Wulfila seems to have translated most of the Bible into Gothic, and our knowledge of the language rests on the extensive fragments which have survived. The manuscripts date from about the sixth century, and were found in northern Italy, brought there presumably by the Ostrogoths. The script used is, basically, a Greek uncial plus graphs from Roman and Runic (u and o).
