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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.
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.
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 area, modern Frisian is spoken in only three ...
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West Frisian, or simply Frisian (West Frisian: Frysk or Westerlauwersk Frysk; Dutch: Fries, also Westerlauwers Fries), 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.
- 470,000 (2001 census)
- Friesland
2 de abr. de 2019 · North Frisian is spoken in (surprise, surprise) North Frisia, what is now the northwest island and coastal region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Schleswig-Holstein is home to a variety of languages, with local enclaves of German, English, Danish, Plattdeutsch ( Low German) and North Frisian. In truth, Nordfrasch is an amalgamation of nine ...
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.
Frisian is spoken throughout the whole of Fryslân, but there are identifiable regional differences within the language. A notable three-way split exists in Frisian based on geographical differences in pronunciation: Klaaifrysk (Clay Frisian), Wâldfrysk (Wood Frisian) and Súdwesthoeksk (Southwest Quarter).
