Well, there are webpages in Gothic for one, there's some short poetry
in it written very recently, and a good portion of the e-mails on
gothic-l are written partially or fully in Gothic.
As to whether or not there is any modern usage of Gothic offline: I
cannot tell you. It's a secret. (no, really it's because I don't know)
--node
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:45:36 +0200, Andre Engels <andrewiki(a)freemail.nl> wrote:
I think that
if there are people who speak the language, even if in a
merely academic context, a Wikipedia is worthwhile. What about the
Latin Wikipedia?
It depends on what you call 'speak the language'. I want to be sure that
there are people who _use_ the language, that is, communicate in it. For
example, if there is a journal that comes out once a year, where articles
are written in Gothic.
But in this case I have the feeling that 'speak the language' means that
they _know_ the language, and the only use of the language is to read
centuries old texts that were written in Gothic or as an object of study
itself. And then I don't think a Wikipedia is worthwhile.
Regarding Latin: It's still being used on a daily basis in the Roman
Catholic church, for one thing.
Andre Engels
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