Alphabet and Pronunciation

𐌰 (a) 1 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰

𐌱 (b) 2 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌽

𐌲 (g) 3 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰

𐌳 (d) 4 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃

𐌴 (e) 5 𐌴𐌷𐍃

𐌵 (q) 6 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰

𐌶 (z) 7 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃

𐌷 (h) 8 𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌻

𐌸 (þ) 9 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸

𐌹, 𐌹̈ (i, ï) 10 𐌴𐌹𐍃

𐌺 (k) 20 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌰

𐌻 (l) 30 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃

𐌼 (m) 40 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

𐌽 (n) 50 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃

𐌾 (j) 60 𐌾𐌴𐍂

𐌿 (u) 70 𐌿𐍂𐌿𐍃

𐍀 (p) 80 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰

𐍁 90 -

𐍂 (r) 100 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰

𐍃 (s) 200 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻

𐍄 (t) 300 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃

𐍅 (w) 400 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰

𐍆 (f) 500 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿

𐍇 (x) 600 𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃

𐍈 (ƕ) 700 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂

𐍉 (o) 800 𐍉𐌸𐌰𐌻

𐍊 900 -

Since the letters 𐍁 and 𐍊 are used only as numerals, they don’t have names or Latin transcriptions.

Vowels

Notes:
trad. - traditional transcription
mod. - modernized transcription used to distinguish otherwise ambiguous pronunciation

𐌹 (i) - /i/ [i ~ ɪ] - a short vowel; like English sit or American English seat)
𐌹̈ (may not display correctly) (ï) - a variant of the above letter traditionally used at the beginning of a syllable. See 𐌾.

𐌴𐌹 (ei) - /iː/ [iː] - a long vowel; like German sieben, or British English seed but not diphthongized

short 𐍅 (trad. w, mod. y) - the same as 𐌹 or optionally /y/ [y ~ ʏ] - a short vowel; like German schützen

long 𐍅 (trad. w, mod. ȳ) - the same as 𐌴𐌹 or optionally /yː/ [yː] - a long vowel; like German süß

short 𐌿 (u) - /u/ [u ~ ʊ] - a short vowel; like English look or American English Luke

long 𐌿 (ū) - /uː/ [uː] - a long vowel; like German Schule, or British English Luke but not diphthongized

𐌴 (e) - /eː/ [eː] - a long vowel; like German Schnee, or English say but not diphthongized

𐍉 (o) - /oː/ [oː] - a long vowel; like German Sohn, or American English sole but not diphthongized

short 𐌰𐌹 (aí) - /ɛ/ [ɛ] - a short vowel; like English bet

long 𐌰𐌹 (ái) - /ɛː/ [ɛː] - a long vowel, the same as the short version except for the length; like German spät, or British English bear; within native words becomes -𐌰𐌾- before vowels (reflected in spelling)

short 𐌰𐌿 (aú) - /ɔ/ [ɔ] - a short vowel; like German Gott, or American English caught in accents without the cot-caught merger (in accents where the vowels of cot and caught are pronounced differently)

long 𐌰𐌿 (áu) - /ɔː/ [ɔː] - a long vowel, the same as the short version except for the length; like British English saw; within native words becomes -𐌰𐍅- before vowels

short 𐌰 (a) - /a/ [a] - a short vowel; like German sacht, or American English cot

long 𐌰 (ā) - /aː/ [aː] - a long vowel, the same as the short version except for the length; like German Vater, or British English father

𐌹𐌿 - /iu/ [ɪu̯ ~ ɪʊ̯] - a falling diphthong (pronounced closer to 𐌹𐍅 than to 𐌾𐌿); like the English expression ew!; within native words becomes -𐌹𐍅- before vowels

(WIP) Consonants

Plosives

𐍀 (p) /p/ [p], 𐍄 (t) /t/ [t] and 𐌺 (k) /k/ [k] are voiceless. The evidence we have isn't enough to tell how aspirated they were, therefore I suggest not particularly trying to aspirate or not aspirate them, but pronouncing them the way it feels the most natural to the learner. 𐍄 (t) is denti-alveolar, like in Spanish or Slavic languages.

𐌵 (q) /kʷ/ [kʷ] and 𐌲𐍅 (gw) /ɡʷ/ [ɡʷ] (only after 𐌲 which might either represent gemination /ɡʷː/ [ɡʷː] or a velar nasal /ŋɡʷ/ [ŋɡʷ], for which see below)

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Stress

In verbs (including the participles) the primary stress falls on the root, with secondary stress falling on any prefixes except for ga- and the second syllable of an inflectional suffix.
Example:
𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 - gaméljan (to write down); 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 - ànamélidèdun (they’ve written down)
(á - primary stress; à - secondary stress)

The reduplicated syllable bears primary stress:
𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 - àflétan (to absolve); 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 - àflaílòt (I/he/she/it absolved)

For prefixed nouns, adjectives and adverbs the main stress falls on the prefix, except for ga- which never bears any stress, while the root carries secondary stress. Examples:
𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 - gaméleins (script); 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 - ándawaùrdi (answer)

𐌰 -
𐌱 -
𐌲 -
𐌳 -
𐌴 -
𐌵 -
𐌶 -
𐌷 -
𐌸 -
𐌹 -
𐌺 -
𐌻 -
𐌼 -
𐌽 -
𐌾 -
𐌿 -
𐍀 -
𐍁 -
𐍂 -
𐍃 -
𐍄 -
𐍅 -
𐍆 -
𐍇 -
𐍈 -
𐍉 -
𐍊 -

Important Notes
Gothic is a pro-drop language, meaning the subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, etc.) is usually omitted, unless:
It serves as contrast
He knew about the accident[, but I don’t know if the others did].
It’s used for emphasis
YOU did that.
Therefore, the sentence I saw him in Gothic would usually be:
𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐍈
(him saw; the word order is going to be mentioned later)
Rather than:
𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐍈
ik ina saƕ
(I him saw)
Throughout the first couple of lessons the pronouns are going to be kept to help the learner familiarize themself with the words.

Gothic has free word order, in the sense that the position of the words isn’t as restricted as it is in analytical languages like English. Thus, the sentence 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐍈 could also have its words in different possible combinations of the word placement. There are certain restrictions to it (which won’t be mentioned for now) and there are ‘default’ word orders, those being:
SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) for indicative sentences:
𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐍈.
ik ina saƕ.
(I him saw.)
SVO for negations:
𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐍈 𐌹𐌽𐌰.
ik ni saƕ ina.
(I not saw him.)
VSO for questions:
𐍃𐌰𐍈𐌿 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽𐌰;
saƕu ik ina?
(saw I him?)
VO for imperatives (e.g. commands)
𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈 𐌹𐌽𐌰!
saiƕ ina!
(see him!)