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What was Charlemagne's native language?
 
Charlemagne discussion
 
ignati
06/09/09
What was Charlemagne's native language?
           
 
rnlunatic
06/09/09
replied to: ignati
Scholars disagree on what might have been Charlemagne's native language.
           
 
ignati
06/09/09
replied to: rnlunatic
Linguists agree that he probably spoke a Germanic dialect; however, many have rejected the popular theory that he spoke Old Frankish, because by 742, this dialect was extinct.