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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.
The Frisian languages are spoken by more than 500,000 people; West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland), and North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages in Germany.
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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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).
Frisian. An Indo-European language and a member of the West Germanic group, spoken by some 700,000 speakers mainly in the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands, where it has official status, some northern provinces of Germany and in some parts of the Frisian Islands in the North Sea. The closest linguistic affiliation is with Dutch and English.
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