The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century AD by Ulfilas (or Wulfila), a Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible.
The alphabet essentially uses uncial forms of the Greek alphabet, with a few additional letters to express Gothic phonology:
- Latin F and G
- a questionably Runic letter to distinguish the /w/ glide from vocalic /u/
- the letter hwair (ƕ) to express the Gothic labiovelar.