East Germanic languages

The East Germanic languages, also called the Oder–Vistula Germanic languages, are a group of extinct Germanic languages that were spoken by East Germanic peoples. East Germanic is one of the primary branches of Germanic languages, along with North Germanic and West Germanic.

East Germanic
Geographic distribution	Varying depending on time (4th–18th centuries), currently all languages are extinct Until late 4th century: Central and eastern Europe (as far as Crimea) late 4th—early 10th centuries: Much of southern, western, southeastern, and eastern Europe (as far as Crimea) and North Africa early 10th—late 18th centuries: Isolated areas in eastern Europe (as far as Crimea)
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Germanic East Germanic
Subdivisions	Gothic † Vandalic † Burgundian † (?)
ISO 639-5	gme
Glottolog	east2805
The distribution of the primary Germanic languages in Europe c. AD 1:   North Germanic   North Sea Germanic, or Ingvaeonic   Weser-Rhine Germanic, or Istvaeonic   Elbe Germanic, or Irminonic   East Germanic †

The only East Germanic language of which texts are known is Gothic, although a word list and some short sentences survive from its relative Crimean Gothic. Other East Germanic languages include Vandalic and Burgundian, though the only remnants of these languages are in the form of isolated words and short phrases. Furthermore, the inclusion of Burgundian has been called into doubt.[1] Crimean Gothic is believed to have survived until the 18th century in isolated areas of Crimea.