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Norman, member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France...The Normans (from Nortmanni: "Northmen") were originally pagan barbarian pirates from Denmark, Norway, and Iceland
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continued to form the name of the region while the original Norsemen were largely assimilated by the Gallo-Romance people, adopting their speech but still contributing some elements from
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Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24).
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Duchy of Normandy between 911 and 1050. In blue the areas of intense
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native to northern France. From the region of what is now called
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loanwords unknown in other Old French dialects at that time.
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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are among the few records of Old Norman that remain.
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Norse
Early Middle Ages
Norman
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Latino-Faliscan
Romance
Italo-Western
Western Romance
Gallo-Romance
Oïl
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Italic
Proto-Latino-Faliscan
Old Latin
Vulgar Latin
Old Gallo-Romance
Old French
ISO 639-3
IPA
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols
Unicode
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Norman
langues d'oïl
Normandy
Levant

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