Frankish language

West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 10th centuries FrankishOld Franconian*FrankiskNative toFranciaRegionWestern EuropeErac. 5th to 9th century, gradually evolved into Old Dutch, dissolved with other West Germanic varieties into Old High German, and influenced as superstrate Old French.Language familyIndo-European GermanicWest GermanicFrankishWriting systemElder Futhark (not widely used)Language codesISO 639-3frkGlottologfran1264Frankish is an Extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Frankish (reconstructed Frankish: *Frankisk), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between the 4th and 8th century. Between the 5th and 9th centuries, Frankish spoken by the Salian Franks in Belgium and the Netherlands evolved into Old Dutch (Old Low Franconian). After the Salian Franks settled in Roman Gaul, its speakers in Picardy and Île-de-France were outnumbered by the local populace who spoke Proto-Romance dialects, e.g. Old French. However, a number of modern French words and place names, including the country name "France", have a Frankish (i