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   Of these three languages both Saterland Frisian (2,000 speakers) and North Frisian (10,000 speakers) are endangered. West Frisian is spoken by around 350,000 native speakers in Friesland, [40] and as many as 470,000 when including speakers in neighbouring Groningen province. [4]

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   The Frisian languages 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 Frisian languages are the closest living language group to the Anglic languages; the two groups make up the Anglo-Frisian languages group and together with the Low German dialects these form ...

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   Where do Frisian languages come from?

   • 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 .

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   What languages are spoken in North Frisia?

   • Nordfrasch (North Frisian) North Frisian is spoken in (surprise, surprise) North Frisia, what is now the northwest island and coastal region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Schleswig-Holstein is home to a variety of languages, with local enclaves of German, English, Danish, Plattdeutsch ( Low German) and North Frisian.

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   Why is Frisian called Frisian?

   • Another theory is the name derives from frisselje (to braid, thus referring to braided hair). 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.

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   Was Frisia a Roman language?

   • To answer this question, we need information about Frisia, the Frisians, and the Frisian language in Roman times and in the early Middle Ages. Although parts of the northern Netherlands had been barely touched by the legions of the Roman Empire, the Frisians and Batavians had clearly been in contact with written Latin.

   The Frisian exception. Why are there hardly any traces of written

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   Apr 2, 2019 · North Frisian is spoken in (surprise, surprise) North Frisia, what is now the northwest island and coastal region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Schleswig-Holstein is home to a variety of languages, with local enclaves of German, English, Danish, Plattdeutsch ( Low German) and North Frisian. In truth, Nordfrasch is an amalgamation of nine ...

5. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentFrisian - Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Sep 27, 2017 · Frisian is a West Germanic language based in the Netherlands and Germany. The language consists of three dialect groups: (1) West Frisian, spoken by approximately 400,000 inhabitants of the Dutch province of Fryslân; (2) East Frisian, which only survives in Saterlandic, the variety spoken by about 1,000–2,000 (estimates vary) inhabitants of ...

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   Oct 6, 2021 · Spoken languages and written texts in Frisia. Seen from the Frisian terpen and marshlands, the literacy of the Church could be considered a literacy of outsiders – with the exception of the Utrecht mission, which from the end of the eighth century onwards had become the seat of a typical Carolingian diocese. Although the population of the ...