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Charlemagne spoke Frankish, a Germanic language. The Normans who came later did speak something related to modern French. The term "lingua Franca" means "langu
by canjobear 3y ago
Charlemagne spoke Frankish, a Germanic language. The Normans who came later did speak something related to modern French.
The term "lingua Franca" means "language of the Franks" and the term Frank was used at the time to refer to all Western Europeans. It never referred to the French language in particular.
- Bayart 3y ago> Charlemagne spoke Frankish, a Germanic language The only proven linguistic characteristic of Charlemagne is that he wasn't very good with Classical Latin.