ISO 639-3 · odtodt
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Old Dutch
Old Dutch is an extinct or historical language of the Low Franconian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Belgium, Germany and France. Wikidata describes it as “set of Franconian dialects spoke in the Low Countries during the Early Middle Ages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
odt- Glottocode
oldd1237- Family
- Indo-European
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Old Dutch |
|---|---|
| Written in | Latin script, runes |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Old Dutch yet.
family tree
From Indo-European to Old Dutch
The branches above Old Dutch, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Belgium
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