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Look up Frisian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Frisian language may refer to: The Frisian languages, a closely related group of six Germanic languages: West Frisian languages ( fry ), a family of four Frisian languages spoken in the Netherlands and often known there simply as the Frisian language. Hindeloopen Frisian, spoken in the city of ...
East Frisian is one of the Frisian languages. Its last surviving dialect is Saterland Frisian spoken in Saterland in Germany. There once were two main dialects, Ems and Weser. Weser, including the Wursten and Wangerooge dialects, held out until the 20th century. Ems continues with a couple thousand adult speakers of the Saterland dialect.
North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. [2] The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. The language comprises 10 dialects which are themselves divided into an insular and a mainland group. North Frisian is closely related to the Saterland Frisian ...
West Frisian. The West Frisian languages are a group of closely related, though not mutually intelligible, Frisian languages of the Netherlands. Due to the marginalization of all but mainland West Frisian, they are often portrayed as dialects of a single language. (See that article for the history of the languages.)
The Frisian languages, which together with the Anglic languages form the Anglo-Frisian languages, are the closest living relatives of English. Low German/Low Saxon is also closely related, and sometimes English, the Frisian languages, and Low German are grouped together as the North Sea Germanic (Ingvaeonic) languages, though this grouping remains debated. [13]
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. West Frisian ( Frysk [fris (k)], Westerlauwersk Frysk; Dutch: Westerlauwers Fries [fris]) is a language that is mainly spoken in Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2005, 94% of the people in Friesland understand West Frisian, 74% can speak it, 75% can read it and 27% can write it.
West Frisian, or simply Frisian ( Frysk, pronounced [friːs (k)]; Dutch: Fries [fris]) is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland ( Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the three Frisian languages .
