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East Germanic

DEFINITIONS OF: East Germanic

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n an extinct branch of the Germanic languages

Synonyms:
East Germanic language
Types:
Gothic
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
Type of:
Germanic, Germanic language
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
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