1. In the sound of the third letter being not that of κ (c), but of the g in gun.
2. In retaining kappa and chi.
3. In expressing the simple single sound of th by a simple single sign. This sign, however, has neither the shape nor alphabetical position of the Greek thæta.
With the Latin they agree, 1. in possessing letters equivalent to f, g, h, q, y.
2. In placing z at the end of the alphabet.
The Mœso-Gothic alphabet seems to have been formed on eclectic principles, and on principles sufficiently bold. Neither was its application traversed by etymological views. I cannot trace its influence, except, perhaps, in the case of the Anglo-Saxon letters þ and ƿ, upon any other alphabet; nor does it seem to have been acted upon by any earlier Gothic alphabet.
[§ 264]. The Anglo-Saxon alphabet.—What sort of an alphabet the Gothic languages possess we know: what sort of alphabet they require, we can determine. For the following sounds (amongst others) current in the Gothic, either one or both of the classical languages are deficient in corresponding signs.
1. The th in thin.—A sign in Greek (θ), but none in Latin.
2. The th in thine.—A sign neither in Greek nor Latin.
3. The ch in the German auch.—A sign in Greek (χ), but none in Latin.