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Encyclopedia > Northern Frisian language
North Frisian (Frasch)
Spoken in: Germany
Region: Schleswig-Holstein
Total speakers: 10,000
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Indo-European

 Germanic
  West Germanic
   Frisian
    North Frisian

Official status
Official language of: Germany
Regulated by: --
Language codes
ISO 639-1 --
ISO 639-2 gem
SIL FRR


North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10000 people in North-Frisia (North Frisian Fraschlönj). 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 dialect of Mooring.

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Samples

Insular

Dialect of Sylt (Söl’)


„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.


Dialect of Föhr (Feer)


„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.


Dialect of Helgoland


„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.


Dialect of Amrum (Öömram)


„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

Dialect of Hoorning (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.


Dialect of Wiedingharde


„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.


Dialect of Tideland Islands (although it is spoken on islands, it is linguistically grouped with the mainland dialects)


„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.


Dialect of Mooring (Bökingharde)


„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.


External link

  • Ethnologue on North Frisian (http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=FRR)

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Frisian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1150 words)
Frisian 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.
Frisian is officially recognised and protected as a minority language in Germany and is one of the two official languages in the Netherlands, together with Dutch.
Although the earliest definite written examples of Frisian are from approximately the 9th century, there are a few examples of runic inscriptions from the region which are probably older and possibly in the Frisian language.
Northern Low Saxon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (363 words)
Northern Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Noordneddersassisch) is a West Low Saxon dialect.
As such, it covers a great part of the West Low Saxon-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border regions where Eastphalian and Westphalian are spoken.
The other subdialects are East Frisian Low Saxon, Emslänner Platt, Heidjerisch, a subdialect spoken East of Bremen and a subdialect in Bremen and West of Bremen.
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