| Old Gallo-Romance | |
|---|---|
 Extract of the Oaths of Strasbourg | |
| Native to | Francia |
| Ethnicity | Gallo-Romans |
| Era | Evolved into several languages such asOld French,Old Occitan (possibly), the Gallo-Romance languages, Old Friulian, Old Romansh, andMoselle Romance. |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Old Gallo-Romance is aRomance language spoken from around 600 to 900 AD.[1] It evolved from theVulgar Latin spoken by theGallo-Romans during the time ofClovis I's successors belonging to theMerovingian dynasty.[2]
Old Gallo-Romance literature consists of a few texts, with them including theOaths of Strasbourg (also written in Old High Frankish).[8][9][10] Texts that precede the Oaths of Strasbourg include theKassel andReichenau glosses.
The following text isLouis the German's oath in the Oaths of Strasbourg (843), which was sworn in Romance.
| Old Gallo-Romance | Modern French | English |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Deo amur et pro christian poblo et nostro commun saluament, d'ist di en auant, in quant Deus sauir et podir me dunat, si saluarai eo cist meon fradre Karlo, et in adiudha et in cadhuna cosa, si cum om per dreit son fradra saluar dift, in o quid il mi altresi fazet. Et ab Ludher nul plaid nunquam prindrai qui meon uol cist meon fradre Karle in damno sit. | Pour l'amour de Dieu et pour le salut commun du peuple chrétien et le nôtre, à partir de ce jour, autant que Dieu m'en donne le savoir et le pou-voir, je soutiendrai mon frère Charles de mon aide et en toute chose, comme on doit justement soutenir son frère, à condition qu'il m'en fasse autant, et je ne prendrai jamais aucun arrangement avec Lothaire, qui, à ma vo-lonté, soit au détriment de mon dit frère Charles. | For the love of God and Christiandom and our joint salvation, from this day onward, to the best of my knowledge and abilities granted by God, I shall protect my brother Charles by any means possible, as one ought to protect one's brother, insofar as he does the same for me, and I shall never willingly enter into a pact with Lothair against the interests of my brother Charles |