East Germanic language
The East Germanic languages are a group of extinct Indo-European languages in the Germanic family. The only East Germanic language of which texts are known is Gothic; other languages that are assumed to be East Germanic include Vandalic, Burgundian, and Crimean Gothic, which survived until the 18th century.
Based on The Origin and Deeds of the Goths and on placename evidence, it is assumed that the speakers of East Germanic languages migrated from Scandinavia to the area between the Oder and the Vistula rivers. Linguistic evidence also points to a close relation to the North Germanic languages.
A connection has been posited between the Burgundians and the island of Bornholm in Denmark (Old Norse: Borgundarholm).
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