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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.
2 de abr. de 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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, people of western Europe whose name survives in that of the mainland province of Friesland and in that of the Frisian Islands off the coast of the Netherlands but who once occupied a much more extensive area.
Frisian refers to three languages that come from Friesland, a province in the Netherlands. They are spoken in the Netherlands, in Eastern Germany, and in some areas of Jutland, Denmark. It is also spoken on the Frisian Isles (Wadden Isles) and Western German (East Frisian) Isles such as Borkum .
