Gothic Letter Pairthra

It marks the p sound in Gothic words.

Gothic was the historical language of the Goths. If 𐍀 arrives alone, the surrounding conversation must supply any message beyond the letter.

Why was the Gothic alphabet created?

For a Bible translation in the fourth century.

The work was associated with Wulfila, a Gothic bishop. The Codex Argenteus, a Gospel book copied in the early sixth century, preserves Gothic Bible text. Use of the script faded by the mid-sixth century. Ninth-century scribes copied alphabet lists with pronunciation notes for learners. From the eighteenth century onward, editors mainly studied surviving texts as evidence for the language.