Vandalic language

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Vandalic
Spoken in: Spain, North Africa
Language extinction: 6th century AD
Language family: Indo-European
 Germanic
  East Germanic
   Vandalic
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: gem
ISO/FDIS 639-3: xvn

 

Vandalic was a Germanic language probably closely related to the Gothic language. The Vandals established themselves in Southern Spain, following other Germanic and non-Germanic peoples (Visigoths, Alans, etc.), before moving to North Africa around Carthage.

Very little is known about the Vandalic language beyond that it was East Germanic, closely related to Gothic. Only a small number of personal names of Vandalic language are known.


The only known Vandalic phrase is Froia arme!, meaning "Lord, have mercy".

Extinct Germanic languages
Burgundian | Gothic language | Lombardic language | Norn | Old Frankish | Vandalic language