Old Thuringian dialect

Old Thuringian
Old Thuringian
Region	Duchy of Thuringia
Ethnicity	Thuringii
Era	12th century
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic High German/Old Low German Central German East Central German Old Thuringian; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Old Thuringian is a Central German dialect of Old High German that is known through onomastic proof.¹ It may also be included in Old Low German alongside Old Saxon and Old Frisian.²

Background

Thuringian emerged in the year 1100 A.D. when several groups such as Franconians, Bavarians, Saxons, and Flemish people migrants toward more eastern areas, where Polabian Slavs once occupied.³

Sample text

The words of text such as liubi for leubi and leob for leub may indicate a form of Old Thuringian.⁴

Haribrig.
Hiba liubi leob.

References

Nielsen, Hans Frede (1989-03-30). The Germanic Languages: Origins and Early Dialectal Interrelations. University of Alabama Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8173-0423-2.
Noble, Cecil Arthur M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. P. Lang. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8204-0025-9.
"Thuringia (Thüringen)". IamExpat. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
MacLeod, Mindy; Mees, Bernard (2006). Runic Amulets and Magic Objects. Boydell Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-84383-205-8.

[1] Nielsen, Hans Frede (1989-03-30). The Germanic Languages: Origins and Early Dialectal Interrelations. University of Alabama Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8173-0423-2.

[2] Noble, Cecil Arthur M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. P. Lang. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8204-0025-9.

[3] "Thuringia (Thüringen)". IamExpat. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

[4] MacLeod, Mindy; Mees, Bernard (2006). Runic Amulets and Magic Objects. Boydell Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-84383-205-8.

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