Vandalic language
Vandalic was a
Germanic language probably closely related to the
Gothic language. The
Vandals established themselves in Southern
Spain, following other Germanic and non-Germanic peoples (
Visigoths,
Alans, etc.), before moving to North
Africa around
Carthage.
Very little is known about the Vandalic language beyond that it was
East Germanic, closely related to
Gothic. Only a small number of personal names of Vandalic language are known. Some traces may remain in
Andalusian, the southernmost
Spanish dialect.
A fragment of Vandalic appears in the somewhat snobbish Latin poem
de conviviis barbaris, dating to ca.
390::Inter
eils Goticum'' scapiamatziaiadrincan:non audet quisquam dignos educere versus.:("among the Gothic
eils scapiamatziaiadrincan, : one does not dare to produce dignified verse.")
The Vandalic part is comprehensible, and would correspond to Gothic
hails! skapjam matjan jah drigkan!, i.e. "Hail! let us get some food and drink!".
The only other known Vandalic phrase is
Froia arme!, meaning "
Lord, have mercy".
