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In linguistics, Old Dutch ( Dutch: Oudnederlands) or Old Low Franconian (Dutch: Oudnederfrankisch) [3] [4] is the set of dialects that evolved from Frankish spoken in the Low Countries during the Early Middle Ages, from around the 6th [5] or 9th [6] to the 12th century.
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- History of the Dutch language
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- Old Dutch Foods
There was a close relationship between Old Dutch, Old Saxon, Old English and Old Frisian. Because texts written in the language spoken by the Franks are almost non-existent, and Old Dutch texts scarce and fragmentary, not much is known about the development of Old Dutch. Old Dutch made the transition to Middle Dutch around 1150.
When linguists want to refer to the Dutch language as it was spoken before 1200, they use the term Old Dutch (>link) ( Oudnederlands ). Very little is known about this early phase. There are two main reasons for this. First, we have hardly any written records dating back to that time. During the last millennium many valuable collections and ...
