Old Frankish

E67152
West Germanic language extinct language historical language

Old Frankish was the early West Germanic language of the Franks, spoken in parts of what are now France, Belgium, and western Germany, and is a key ancestor of several modern Germanic languages.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Old Frankish canonical 7
Old Low Franconian 5
Frankish language 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
ancestorOf Dutch ⓘ
Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
surface form: Limburgish

Low Franconian dialects ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
Old Dutch ⓘ
Low Franconian languages ⓘ
surface form: Old Low Franconian
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
Merovingian dynasty ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old English ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
Old Saxon ⓘ
developedInto Dutch ⓘ
Low Franconian languages ⓘ
surface form: Low Franconian dialect continuum

Middle Dutch ⓘ
Old Dutch ⓘ
extinctionPeriod by around the 10th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Old Frankish ⓘ
surface form: Frankish

Old Frankish ⓘ
surface form: Old Franconian
influenced French anthroponymy ⓘ
French toponymy ⓘ
French vocabulary ⓘ
Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: West Germanic
lexifierOf Frankish loanwords in French ⓘ
partOfBranch Low Franconian languages ⓘ
surface form: Low Franconian
phonologicalFeature preservation of Germanic consonant system without High German consonant shift ⓘ
reconstructedFrom early Dutch texts ⓘ
loanwords in Old French ⓘ
names in Latin sources ⓘ
region Lower Rhine region ⓘ
Gallia Belgica ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gaul
spokenIn Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

parts of modern Belgium ⓘ
parts of modern France ⓘ
parts of modern western Germany ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
timePeriod c. 5th century to c. 9th century ⓘ
Early Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: early Middle Ages
usedBy Franks ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Dutch → hasAncestor → Old Frankish ⓘ
Gallo-Romance languages → influencedBy → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish language
Old Frankish → hasAlternativeName → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish
Old Frankish → hasAlternativeName → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Franconian
Wachtendonck Psalms → language → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low Franconian
Franks → spoke → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish language
Christianization of the Franks → languageContext → Old Frankish ⓘ
Low Franconian languages → hasAncestor → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Frankish language
King of the Franks → languageOfTitle → Old Frankish ⓘ
Salic law → language → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Frankish (in glosses and context)
Brabantic → developedFrom → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low Franconian
Salian Franks → language → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankish language
Charles Martel → languageSpoken → Old Frankish ⓘ
Arnulf of Metz → languageOfWorkOrName → Old Frankish ⓘ
Pippinids → language → Old Frankish ⓘ
Rotrude → languageSpoken → Old Frankish ⓘ
Brabantian dialects → developedFrom → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low Franconian
Hollandic dialects → developedFrom → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low Franconian
Weser-Rhine Germanic languages → hasDescendant → Old Frankish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low Franconian