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.  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... An extinct language (also called a dead language) is a language which no longer has any native speakers. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many spoken in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and Central Asia. ... The East Germanic languages are a group of extinct Indo-European languages in the Germanic family. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Germanic languages form one of the branches of the Indo-European (IE) language family, spoken by the Germanic peoples who settled in northern Europe along the borders of the Roman Empire. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... The Alans, Alani, Alauni or Halani were an Iranian nomadic group among the Sarmatian people, warlike nomadic pastoralists of varied backgrounds, who spoke an Iranian language and to a large extent shared a common culture. ... For other uses, see Africa (disambiguation). ... Bold text Carthage Ruins of Roman-era Carthage For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ...

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. The tribes referred to as East Germanic constitute a wave of migrants who moved from Scandinavia into the area between the Oder and Vistula rivers between 600 - 300 BC. In historical times these tribes were differentiated as Goths, Burgundians and Vandals among others. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Andalusian language (andalùh, es: Andaluz) is a proposed term to classify the various Romance lects spoken in the Andalusia region of Spain as a full language. ...

A fragment of Vandalic appears in the somewhat snobbish Latin poem de conviviis barbaris, dating to ca. 390: Events In response to the murder of his general Butheric, Theodosius I orders a massacre of the inhabitants of Thessalonica. ...

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 [lit. "meat"] and drink!".

The only other known Vandalic phrase is Froia arme!, meaning "Lord, have mercy". Kyrie is a Greek word that means Lord or Oh, Lord. ...