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The Frisian languages (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə n / FREE-zhən or / ˈ f r ɪ z i ə n / FRIZ-ee-ən) are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 400,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
2. Apr. 2019 · Pretty close, right? Let’s break it down further and take a closer look at each surviving Frisian language. 1. Frysk (West Frisian) Along with Dutch, West Frisian is the official language in the northern province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
Frisian language, the West Germanic language most closely related to English. Although Frisian was formerly spoken from what is now the province of Noord-Holland (North Holland) in the Netherlands along the North Sea coastal area to modern German Schleswig, including the offshore islands in this.
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Frisian is a group of West Germanic languages spoken in Germany and the Netherlands. There are three main varieties of Frisian: West Frisian which is spoken by about 450,000 people in the Netherlands; North Frisian a collection of nine different dialects spoken in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) by about 8,000 people, and Sater Frisian with about ...
Frisian language. The Frisian language, which has many dialects, is taught in the schools in Friesland. It is acknowledged as an official language in Friesland, but it is not legally codified as such by the Dutch government. Literary and scientific works are written in it, and there is a Frisian academy (Fryske Akademy) in Leeuwarden. In East ...
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The Anglo-Frisian languages are the Anglic (English, Scots, Fingallian†, and Yola†) and Frisian (North Frisian, East Frisian, and West Frisian) varieties of the West Germanic languages.
THE. HEART. Frisian plays an important role in the province. It is the first language of more than half of the province’s inhabitants and is used to the full in. everyday life. Frisian is spoken in many places: in the supermarket, at. schools, at the doctor’s surgery and at sports grounds; you’ll come across Frisian everywhere.
