Burgundian language (Germanic)
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Burgundians#Language. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2011. |
| Burgundian | |
|---|---|
| Region | Gaul |
| Extinct | 6th century |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
1em | |
The Burgundian language is an extinct East Germanic language, spoken by the Burgundians in the 4th and 5th centuries.
Little is known of the language. Some proper names of Burgundians are recorded, and some dialect words used in the area in modern times appear to be derived from the ancient Burgundian language, but it is often difficult to distinguish these from Germanic words of other origin, and in any case the modern form of the words is rarely suitable to infer much about the old language. There is some speculation[according to whom?] on the impact Germanic Burgundian had on the Vulgar Latin spoken in the region based on supposed reflexes in the modern Franco-Provençal of Burgundy after the Frankish kingdom absorbed the province.