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Language code: goh

Technical information about ISO 639 language code goh

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The table below provides technical details for the Old High German (ca. 750-1050) language, designated by the goh code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

goh

Name

Old High German (ca. 750-1050)

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
AlemannicBavarianEast FranconianRhine Franconian
Related languages
Old EnglishOld SaxonOld FrisianOld DutchGothic
Key facts
First major literary text is the heroic lay HildebrandsliedLanguage shows the Second High German consonant shift, setting it apart from Low German branchesSurvives mainly in monastery glosses, biblical translations and legal codes written in the Latin scriptFeatures early use of i-umlaut and other systematic vowel mutationsGradually developed into Middle High German after about 1050 CE.
Sample phrase

Grūȥ dir, hwiu bistu?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Old High German (ca. 750-1050) language, identified by the code goh, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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