Frankish dialect

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Frankish refers to the Germanic language spoken by the Franks, a West Germanic tribal confederacy that settled in Roman territories. This language is also known as Old Franconian.123

The Dutch language developed from Low Franconian, a dialect spoken by the Western Franks in regions like Flanders and Holland around 700 CE. While the Franks gave France its name, the developing language in Gaul, influenced by Vulgar Latin and Germanic borrowings, eventually evolved into French.45

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West Germanic languages
Dialects
…have traditionally been called “Frankish”; the dialects of the northeastern part of the Netherlands (Overijssel, Drenthe, Groningen) have been called “Saxon” and show certain affinities with Low German dialects to the east. On the basis of other linguistic features, it is also possible to group together the dialects to…
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…have traditionally been called “Frankish”; the dialects of the northeastern part of the Netherlands (Overijssel, Drenthe, Groningen) have been called “Saxon” and show certain affinities with Low German dialects to the east. On the basis of other linguistic features, it is also possible to group together the dialects to…
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Romance languages
Vocabulary variations
…taken some 700 words from Frankish (a Germanic language), not all of which have survived but some of which have passed via French into other Romance languages. Many of those were concerned with agriculture (jardin ‘garden,’ houe ‘hoe,’ blé ‘wheat,’ gerbe ‘sheaf,’ etc.) or with war (guerre ‘war,’ heaume ‘helmet’)…
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…taken some 700 words from Frankish (a Germanic language), not all of which have survived but some of which have passed via French into other Romance languages. Many of those were concerned with agriculture (jardin ‘garden,’ houe ‘hoe,’ blé ‘wheat,’ gerbe ‘sheaf,’ etc.) or with war (guerre ‘war,’ heaume ‘helmet’)…
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