The distinguishing features include: Although Old Lombard is well documented, the research is still subject to some limitations.
Since the medieval copyists did not use diacritical signs in the sense of modern orthography, the spelling often does not provide immediate information about the sound level.
Since no elisions were marked in the medieval manuscripts, it is not possible, for example, to conclusively determine whether or in which cases ⟨che⟩ stands for the mere conjunction che 'that' and how often the sequence actually ch'e 'that I' can be read.Such questions are of central importance for the development of the mandatory subject pronouns in modern Lombardic.
Odir e no intende negata zovarave E ki ben intendesse anc negata farave Ki no metess in ovra so k'el intenderave: O l'om no mett lo cor e l'ingegn nient vare.
In the name of Jesus Christ, and Saint Mary This work began in their honor: Who wants to hear a valuable speech, Please listen and understand.