| Old Thuringian | |
| Region: | Duchy of Thuringia |
| Era: | 12th century |
| Ethnicity: | Thuringii |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Germanic |
| Fam3: | West Germanic |
| Fam4: | North Sea Germanic |
| Fam5: | High German/Old Low German |
| Fam6: | Central German |
| Fam7: | East Central German |
| Map: | 2022 04 16 - MAP West Germanic – cc. 580 CE - END.png |
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]
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]