𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰:Writing foreign words and names

How to write foreign words and names? That is something which could bring problems to new users. The title of this article is in English to simplify it for beginners.

The Gothic language has a certain alphabet made by Wulfila based on Greek, Latin and likely runes. In this alphabet, the phonology of Gothic is similar to Greek. English words however, like the English names of actors, presidents and singers might give problems. Here you'll find a list with the way in which you can transcribe English names into Gothic and also the way to transcribe words and names of other languages. Let's take a look:

Transcribing

Gothic vowels

Gothic	Sound	Example	Pronunciation
𐌰𐍅	/au/	𐍀𐌰𐍅𐌻𐌿𐍃	/pau.lus/
𐌴𐌹	/iː/	𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹𐍂	/ɛːl.iː.ɛːz.iːr/
𐌰𐌹	/ɛ/	𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃	/ɛr.uːs/
𐌰𐌿	/ɔː/	𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌼𐌿𐍃	/ɔːni.si.muːs/
𐍉	/oː/	𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌿𐍃	/i.a.koː.buːs/

Notable English conversions to Gothic

English	Sound	Gothic
sh, "shoe"	/ʃ/	𐍃𐌾
j, "jack" g, "garage" dg, "hedge"	/d͡ʒ/	𐌳𐌾
o, "hot"	/ɑ/	𐌰𐌿
o, "hope"	/o/	𐍉
ow, "how"	/aʊ/	𐌰𐍅
y, "yes" Not "meany"	/j/	𐌹𐍉

Here are the equivalents of certain popular names into Gothic, English name doesn't mean that a name is originally English, it can include Hebrew names for example, it's just called like this because the list includes popular names with the way how they are used in English:

English name ㅤㅤㅤㅤGothic equivalent

Elizer ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAileiaizair

James ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Iakobus

John ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Iohannes

Joses ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Iosezis

Mary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Marja