𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 (Gothic)

𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 (tr. gutiska, "Gothic") is a now-extinct East Germanic language, formerly spoken by the Goths (inclusive of the Visigoths and others), which is best known today in the form of codices containing copies of portions of the Ulfilas' Bible, a translation of texts from Scripture into Gothic from the Greek, the most notable being the Codex Argenteus. The language may be rendered in the form of a 27 character alphabet, devised by Ulfilas for his Bible, which features numeric correspondences, allowing for a form of isopsephy (say, 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌰) to be used with it.

Alphabet

Letter	Tr.	Compare	Gothic name	Proto-Germanic rune	Value
𐌰	a	Α	aza < *ans ["god" (Æsir)], or asks ["ash" (fraxinus)]	*ansuz	1
𐌱	b	Β	bercna < *bairka ["birch"]	*berkanan	2
𐌲	g	Γ	geuua < giba ["gift"]	*gebō	3
𐌳	d	Δ, D	daaz < dags ["day"]	*dagaz	4
𐌴	e	Ε	eyz < aiƕs ["horse"], or eiws ["yew" (taxus baccata)]	*eihwaz, *ehwaz	5
𐌵	q	Ϛ, ϰ	quetra < *qairþra, or qairna ["millstone"]	*perþō	6
𐌶	z	Ζ	-	*algiz	7
𐌷	h	Η	haal < *hagal, or *hagls ["hail"]	*haglaz	8
𐌸	þ (th)	Φ, Ψ	thyth < þiuþ ["good"], or þaurnus ["thorn"]	*thurisaz	9
𐌹	i	Ι	iiz < *eis ["ice"]	īsaz	10
𐌺	k	Κ	chozma < *kusma, or kōnja ["pine sap"]	*kaunan	20
𐌻	l	Λ	laaz < *lagus ["sea, lake"]	*laguz	30
𐌼	m	Μ	manna < manna ["man"]	*mannaz	40
𐌽	n	Ν	noicz < nauþs ["need"]	*naudiz	50
𐌾	j	G, ᛃ	gaar < jēr ["year"]	*jēran	60
𐌿	u	ᚢ	uraz < *ūrus ["aurochs"]	*ūruz	70
𐍀	p	Π	pertra < *pairþa	*perþō	80
𐍁	-	Ϙ	-	-	90
𐍂	r	R	reda < *raida ["wagon"]	*raidō	100
𐍃	s	S	sugil < sauil or sōjil ["sun"]	*sôwilô	200
𐍄	t	Τ	tyz < *tius ["Týr" (Germanic god)]	*tīwaz	300
𐍅	w	Υ	uuinne < winja ["field, pasture"], or winna ["pain"]	*wunjō	400
𐍆	f	Ϝ, F	fe < faihu ["cattle, wealth"]	*fehu	500
𐍇	x	Χ	enguz < *iggus or *iggws ["Yngvi" (Germanic god)]	*ingwaz	600
𐍈	ƕ (hw)	Θ	uuaer < *ƕair ["kettle"]	-	700
𐍉	o	Ω, Ο, ᛟ	utal < *ōþal ["ancestral land"]	*ōþala	800
𐍊	-	Ͳ (Ϡ)	-	-	900

Tools

• https://hatch.kookscience.com/cipher/iso.php?cipher=go_6

Reading

• Colville, James (1887), "The Gothic Version of the Gospels by Bishop Ulfilas and its Value in the Study of Language", Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow 18: 207-236, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu10215158&view=1up&seq=227 
• Pilcher, E. J. (14 June 1916), "The Runes, and the Alphabet of Ulfilas", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology: 158-168, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3012527&view=1up&seq=212