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Lombardic

Lombardic

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An old Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in Italy
  • noun
  • Specialized
: lombardo
  • Scholars study Lombardic to understand the migration of Germanic tribes into Italy.

Examples

  • The Lombardic language is no longer spoken today.

  • The museum displayed ancient artifacts inscribed with Lombardic script.

  • Few written records of Lombardic have survived from the early Middle Ages.

  • Many scholars study Lombardic to understand medieval history.

  • The historic documents were written in Lombardic, giving insight into the language of the ancient Lombards.

  • Linguists study Lombardic to understand the evolution of Germanic languages in Italy.

  • Few texts remain in Lombardic, but they are crucial for understanding the culture of the Lombards.

Surface Forms

Lombardic singular
Lombardics plural

Morphology

Lombardic = Lombard (transparent) = Lombard + ic

The language name is derived from the ethnonym plus '-ic' (a standard pattern for naming languages or relating to a people), so the formation is regular.

Etymology

Lombardic as the name of a language comes from the Lombards, the medieval people who lived in parts of Italy; their name (Latin Longobardi) likely meant 'long beard'. So Lombardic refers to the old German language those people spoke, which is now extinct.