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West Frisian
EthnicityWest Frisians
Geographic
distribution
Friesland and Groningen, Netherlands
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
  • Germanic
    • West Germanic
      • North Sea Germanic
        • Anglo-Frisian
          • Frisian
            • West Frisian
Subdivisions
  • Hindeloopen Frisian
  • Schiermonnikoog Frisian
  • Westlauwers–Terschellings (Terschelling Frisian and Western Frisian)
ISO 639-1fy
ISO 639-2 / 5fry
ISO 639-3fry
Glottologmode1264
Present-day distribution West Frisian languages (blue), in the Netherlands
Notesfry is ISO 639-2 and not ISO 639-5

The West Frisian languages are a group of closely related, though not mutually intelligible, Frisian languages of the Netherlands. Due to the marginalization of all but mainland West Frisian, they are often portrayed as dialects of a single language. (See that article for the history of the languages.)

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language from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian spoken in Germany. Within the Netherlands, however, "West Frisian"...

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Frisians

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West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland), and North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages...

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North Frisian language

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List of Germanic languages

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West Germanic languages

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Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into three branches: Ingvaeonic, which includes English and the Frisian languages; Istvaeonic...

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Saterland Frisian language

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the East Frisian language. It is closely related to the other Frisian languages: North Frisian, spoken in Germany as well, and West Frisian, spoken in...

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West Frisians

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The West Frisians or, more precisely, the Westlauwers Frisians (Dutch: Friezen or Westerlauwerse Friezen, West Frisian: Friezen or Westerlauwerske Friezen)...

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Hindeloopen Frisian

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Terschelling Frisian stated that "these 3 languages have a complete language system, it's not just a few words which are different from Frisian, the languages have...

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Schiermonnikoog Frisian

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Schiermonnikoog Frisian is the most endangered of the West Frisian languages, spoken by no more than 50 to 100 people (out of an island population of 900...

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East Frisian language

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East Frisian is one of the Frisian languages. Its last surviving dialect is Saterland Frisian spoken in Saterland in Germany. There once were two main...

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Terschelling Frisian

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Terschelling Frisian, or Skylgersk, is a West Frisian language spoken on the island of Terschelling (Skylge) in the Netherlands. In the central stretch...

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Frisian nationalism

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Frisian nationalism (West Frisian: Frysk nasjonalisme, Dutch: Fries nationalisme, German: friesischer Nationalismus) refers to the nationalism which views...

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Middle Frisian

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1820. Old Frisian Anglo-Frisian languages Middle Dutch West Frisian languages North Frisian language East Frisian language Old English Languages of the Netherlands...

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West Frisian Islands

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The West Frisian Islands (Dutch: Waddeneilanden; West Frisian: Waadeilannen) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast, along the edge...

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Languages of the Netherlands

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1996 West Frisian has been recognised as an official minority language in the Netherlands under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, although...

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Stadsfries dialects

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Stadsfries or Town Frisian (Dutch: Stadsfries, Stadfries; West Frisian: Stedsk, Stedfrysk) is a set of dialects spoken in certain cities in the province...

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West Frisian grammar

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similar to other West Germanic languages, most notably Dutch. West Frisian is more analytic than its ancestor language Old Frisian, largely abandoning...

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Frisia

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province of Groningen, though the West Frisian language is only spoken in Friesland proper. Dialects with strong West Frisian substrates, including Low German...

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Frisian Kingdom

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The Frisian Kingdom (West Frisian: Fryske Keninkryk), also known as Magna Frisia, is a modern name for the post-Roman Frisian realm in Western Europe...

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West Frisian phonology

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delimiters. This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the West Frisian language. /m, p, b, w/ are bilabial, and /f, v/ are labiodental. /w/ is often...

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Old Frisian

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Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and...

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Wursten Frisian

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Wursten Frisian was a dialect of the East Frisian language that is thought to have been spoken until the early 18th century in the landscape of Wursten...

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West Frisian Dutch

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words. Low Franconian languages Languages of the Netherlands Visser, Willem (2011). "Historical gender change in West Frisian". Morphology. 21 (1): 32...

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West Frisian

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West Frisian can refer to: The West Frisian branch of the Frisian languages, spoken in the Friesland province of the Netherlands. The West Frisian language...

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Frisian National Party

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The Frisian National Party (West Frisian: Fryske Nasjonale Partij; Dutch: Friese Nationale Partij, FNP) is a Frisian nationalist political party in the...

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