West Frisian (in Dutch called Westfries) was a language which was spoken in the histrorical region West Friesland. The language was a creole language, a mix of Hollandic and the Frisian-language. Not to be confused with the spoken language of the Friesland Province internationally indicated with the name West Frisian language (in Dutch simply Fries) although they are related to each other. Therefore the Dutch name Westfries is sometimes used in English. The historical region of West Friesland West Friesland (also West Frisia; Dutch: West-Friesland; West Frisian language: West-Fryslân) is a historical region in the northern part of The Netherlands, in the province Noord-Holland. ... // A Creole is a language descended from a pidgin that has become the native language of a group of people. ... Hollandic is together with Brabantic the most frequently used dialect of the Dutch language. ... Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... The West Frisian language (Frysk) is a language spoken mostly in the province of Fryslân in the north of the Netherlands. ...

The language came into life during and after the wars with Holland, around the 12th and 13th century. But from the late 15th and 16th century it became little by little effected by other dialects and languages, such as Brabantic, Hollandic and Dutch Low Saxon. At first the changes where small, some dialect arrived, such as the now still known dialects Zaans and Waterlands and other smaller dialectical differences between speakers. Not much was actually written in these languages or dialects as the region was politically dominated by the Hollandic Dutch speaking region of Holland. Brabantian is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Noord-Brabant and in the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

From the 18th century that effect was also making that the language was slowly developing into a dialect itself and so it was was becoming increasingly Hollandic and Dutch. In the 19th century the language itself has almost completely disappeared. Although some say the heavy dialect, the West Frisian (dialect) that is, is a continuation of the language. Halfway the 20th century it has also almost completely disappeared. Currently only the strong and light dialect remain; West Frisian, Zaans, Waterlands, and the closely related Kennemerlands and Strand-Hollands outside the historical region of West Friesland. The West Frisian dialect (in Dutch called West-Fries) is a dialect which is spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region (Westflinge), Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. ...