Old Thuringian dialect

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]

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	–

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.^[clarify][4]

Haribrig.
Hiba liubi leob.