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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. There are two main dialectal divisions, between those dialects of the mainland, and the insular dialects. There is no standard variety, although some have suggested the mainland Mooring dialect. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...
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The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and South Asia. ...
The Germanic languages in Europe are divided into North (blue) and West Germanic (green and orange) Languages Low Saxon-Low Franconian (Dutch) High German (standard German, Schwyzerdütsch) Insular Anglo-Frisian (English, Scots) Continental Anglo-Frisian (Frisian) East North Germanic (Danish, Bokmål Norwegian, Swedish) West North Germanic (Nynorsk Norwegian...
The Anglo-Frisian languages (also known as Ingvaeonic languages or North Sea Germanic languages) are a group of West Germanic languages consisting of Old English, Old Frisian, and their descendants. ...
Frisian (Frysk) is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ...
ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ...
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North Frisia is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located primarily in Germany. ...
Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. ...
The Germanic languages in Europe are divided into North (blue) and West Germanic (green and orange) Languages Low Saxon-Low Franconian (Dutch) High German (standard German, Schwyzerdütsch) Insular Anglo-Frisian (English, Scots) Continental Anglo-Frisian (Frisian) East North Germanic (Danish, Bokmål Norwegian, Swedish) West North Germanic (Nynorsk Norwegian...
Frisian (Frysk) is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
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The sentence displayed below in many variants reads: '"Shine, old moon, shine!", cried Häwelmann, but neither the moon nor the stars were anywhere to be seen; they had all already gone to bed.'
Insular Söl'ring (Dialect of Sylt) Sölring is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. ...
The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the west coast of Germany and Denmark. ...
- „Ljucht, ual Muun, ljucht!” skriilt Häwelmann, man di Muun wiar narigen tö sen en uk di Stiaren ek; ja wiar al altermaal tö Ber gingen.
Fering (Dialect of Föhr) Föhr is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ...
Föhr (Danish: Før, Frisian: Fering) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ...
- „Locht, ual muun, locht!” rep Heewelmaan, man a muun wiar nochhuaren tu sen an a stäären uk ei; jo wiar al altermaal tu baad gingen.
Heligolandic (Dialect of Helgoland) Heligolandic (Halunder) is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the North Sea island of Heligoland. ...
Heligoland during World War I. Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included. ...
- „Lochte, ool Muun, lochte!” rüp Heäwelman, oawers de Muun wear naarni tu sin’n en uk de Steern ni; dja wear al allemoal tu Baad gingen.
Öömrang (Dialect of Amrum) Öömrang is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Amrum in the German region of North Frisia. ...
Amrum, Germany. ...
- „Locht, dü ual muun, locht!” rep Heewelmaan, man a muun wiar nochhuaren tu sen an a stäären uk ei; jo wiar al altumaal tu baad gingen.
Mainland Hoorning (Dialect of Goesharde) - „Jocht, uule moune, jocht!” biilked Hääwelmoon, ors e moune waas närngs to schüns än da steere ok ai; ja weern al aal to beede gingen.
Wiedingharde Frisian Wiedingharde Frisian (Wiringhiirder freesk) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in the amt of Wiedingharde in the German region of North Frisia. ...
- „Ljocht, uuile moone, ljocht!” biilked Hääwelmuon, män e moone was näärgen to schüns än uk e steere ai; jä würn al altomoale to beerd gingen.
Halligen Frisian (although it is spoken on the Halligen islands, it is linguistically grouped with the mainland dialects) Halligen Frisian (Freesk) is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the Halligen islands, primarily Langeneß and Hooge, in the German region of North Frisia. ...
North Frisian Islands with Halligen (darker green) A Hallig (plural Halligen) is one of the ten small German islands without protective dikes in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein’s Wadden Sea-North Sea coast in the district of Nordfriesland. ...
- „Jaacht, uale mööne, jaacht!” bölked Hääwelmoon, man de mööne woas näärngs to siinen än de steere uk ee; jä weern al altomaole to beed giangen.
Mooring (Dialect of Bökingharde) Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. ...
Amt Bökingharde in the district of Nordfriesland Bökingharde (danish Bøking Herred) is an Amt (collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ...
- „Jucht, üülje moune, jucht!” biiljked Hääwelmoon, ouers e moune wus nargne tu schüns än e stääre uk ai; ja wjarn ål åltumååle tu beed lim.
Note that, despite the differences between the dialects, the Fering and Öömrang are highly similar; in this example nearly identical.
See also Frisian (Frysk) is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
North Frisia is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located primarily in Germany. ...
The Frisians are an ethnic group of northwestern Europe, inhabiting an area known as Frisia. ...
The Frisian Islands form an archipelago in northwestern Europe that spreads across the coasts of three countries, from west to east, The Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. ...
External links - de:s:Friesisch-Gesetz - German wikisource with a law about Northern Frisian (German)
- Ethnologue on North Frisian (English)
- Nordfriisk Instituut (North Frisian Institute) homepage (mainly in (German))
- Friisk Foriining (Frisian Society) homepage (English)
- Friisk Foriining (Mooring North Frisian)
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