The Bahamas is an internationally recognized state that comprises a series of landlocked areas that form an archipelago.
Frankish -LRB- reconstructed Frankish  : * Frenkisk -RRB- , Old Franconian , or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between the 4th and 8th century .. Germanic. Germanic languages. West Germanic. West Germanic languages. West Germanic language. West Germanic language. Franks. Franks. The language itself is poorly attested , but it gave rise to numerous loanwords in Old French .. Old French. Old French. Old Dutch is the term for the Old Franconian dialects spoken in the Low Countries , ie .. Old Dutch. Old Dutch. Low Countries. Low Countries. Dutch. Dutch language. in present-day Belgium , in the present Netherlands and Western parts of today 's Germany until about the 12th century when it evolved into Middle Dutch .. Middle Dutch. Middle Dutch. Dutch. Dutch language. During the Merovingian period , Frankish had significant influence on the Romance languages spoken in Gaul .. Merovingian period. Merovingian period. Gaul. Frankish Gaul. As a result , many modern French words and placenames -LRB- including the country name `` France '' -RRB- have a Germanic origin .. Germanic. Germanic languages. France itself is still known in German as `` Frankreich '' and in Dutch as `` Frankrijk '' , i.e. the `` Frankish Realm '' .. German. German language. Dutch. Dutch language. Frankish Realm. Frankish Realm. Between the 5th and 9th centuries , the languages spoken by the Salian Franks in Belgium and the Netherlands evolved into Old Dutch -LRB- Old Low Franconian -RRB- , while in Picardy and Ile-de-France it was eventually eclipsed by Old French as the dominant language .. Franks. Franks. Old French. Old French. Old Dutch. Old Dutch. Dutch. Dutch language. Salian Franks. Salian Franks. Picardy. Picardy. Ile-de-France. Ile-de-France. The Frankish language as spoken before the Carolingian period is mostly reconstructed from Old French loanwords and from the Old Dutch language as recorded in the 6th to 12th centuries .. Old French. Old French. Old Dutch. Old Dutch. Dutch. Dutch language. Carolingian period. Carolingian period. A notable exception is the Bergakker inscription , which may represent a primary record of 5th-century Frankish .. Bergakker inscription. Bergakker inscription