Old Frankish was the language of the
Franks and it is classified as a
West Germanic language. Once it was spoken in areas covering modern
Belgium, The
Netherlands,
Luxembourg and adjacent parts of
France and
Germany. The Franks first inhabited parts of the Netherlands and western Germany. From the 4th century they are attested as moving into the Roman Empire into what is now the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium. In the 5th and 6th century they expanded their realm and dominated Roman Gaul completely as well as client states such as Bavaria and Thuringen. The main difference between Frankish and neighbouring Germanic languages is that it is thought to be more 'celticised', probably by Belgic peoples, like for example the
Menapii, whose language persisted in the realm of the Franks.
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