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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 . The Anglo-Frisian languages are distinct from other West Germanic languages due to several sound changes: besides the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law ...
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 the North Sea Germanic languages.
The Anglo-Frisian languages are West Germanic languages, which include Anglic (or English) and Frisian. They are different from other West Germanic languages because of a number of sound changes. This is an old classification, which classified the Germanic languages into the Anglo-Frisian languages, and Germanic languages (such as German ).
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- 350,000
- 120,000
- 60,000
- 4,590 residents of Canada reported having Frisian ancestry in the 2016 Canadian Census.
Frisia. Roman and Frankish periods. The Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus encountered the Frisians after his crossing of the Rhine from the south in 12 bce. He then made them tributary to Rome. The fact that they supplied oxhide for the Roman army suggests considerable cattle raising.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Frisian, spoken by about 450,000 people, constitutes a fourth distinct variety of West Germanic. The language family also includes Afrikaans, Yiddish, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Scots. Additionally, several creoles, patois, and pidgins are based on Dutch, English, or German. History. Origins and characteristics.
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 .