Gothic language
Alphabet and transliteration
Columns: Gothic letter or digraph | Roman equivalent | "Normalised" transliteration | Sound | Normal environment of occurrence (in native words) | Proto-Germanic origin
�� | a | a | /a/ | Everywhere | /a/ | �� | a | ā | /aː/ | Before /h/, /hʷ/ | /ãː/ (before /h/) | ���� | ai | aí | /ɛ/ | Before /h/, /hʷ/ , /r/ | /e/, /i/ | ���� | ai | ai | /ɛː/ | Before vowels | /eː/ | ���� | ai | ái | /ɛː/ | Not before vowels | /ai/ | ���� | au | aú | /ɔ/ | Before /h/, /hʷ/ , /r/ | /u/ | ���� | au | au | /ɔː/ | Before vowels | /oː/ | ���� | au | áu | /ɔː/ | Not before vowels | /au/ | �� | e | ē | /eː/ | Not before vowels | /eː/ | ���� | ei | ei | /iː/ | Everywhere | /iː/ ; /ĩː/ (before /h/) | �� | i | i | /i/ | Everywhere except before /h/, /hʷ/ , /r/ | /e/, /i/ | ���� | iu | iu | /iu/ | Not before vowels | /eu/, /iu/ | �� | o | ō | /oː/ | Not before vowels | /oː/ | �� | u | u | /u/ | Everywhere except before /h/, /hʷ/ , /r/ | /u/ | �� | u | ū | /uː/ | Everywhere | /uː/ ; /ũː/ (before /h/)