Frisian languages - Wikipedia
The Frisian languages (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə n / FREE-zhən [1] or / ˈ f r ɪ z i ə n / FRIZ-ee-ən [2]) 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.
Frisians - Wikipedia
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] West Frisian is not listed as threatened, although research published by Radboud University in 2016 has challenged that assumption.
What Is Frisian, And Where Is It Spoken? - Babbel.com
2019年4月2日 · Frisian was once the primary language of a larger geographic area called Frisia, which spanned the North Sea coasts and islands of modern-day Germany and the Netherlands during the early to late Middle Ages. While Frisia may no longer exist today, three of its most popular dialects have survived.
West Frisian language - Wikipedia
West Frisian, or simply Frisian (West Frisian: Frysk or Westerlauwersk Frysk; Dutch: Fries, also Westerlauwers Fries), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian languages.
LearnFrisian – Learn the Closest Language to English
Frisian is a West Germanic language that is spoken by around half a million people in the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark. It is the closest living language to English and is considered by some to be the oldest of the modern Germanic languages.
Frisian language | West Germanic, Low Countries, Dialects
Frisian language, the West Germanic language most closely related to English. Although Frisian was formerly spoken from what is now the province of Noord-Holland (North Holland) in the Netherlands along the North Sea coastal area to modern German Schleswig, including the offshore islands in this
Frisian languages, alphabets and pronunciation - Omniglot
Frisian is a group of West Germanic languages spoken in Germany and the Netherlands. There are three main varieties of Frisian: West Frisian which is spoken by about 450,000 people in the Netherlands; North Frisian a collection of nine different dialects spoken in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) by about 8,000 people, and Sater Frisian with about ...
Frisian | Language, Culture & History | Britannica
Frisian, people of western Europe whose name survives in that of the mainland province of Friesland and in that of the Frisian Islands off the coast of the Netherlands but who once occupied a much more extensive area. In prehistoric times …
Frisian, The Language That's Like English - Knoji
2017年11月7日 · Frisian is actually three very similar languages. North Frisian is spoken by about 10,000 people in Schleswig-Holstein in northwestern Germany. Sater Frisian is spoken by about 2000 people in Lower Saxony, next to Schleswig-Holstein.
An introduction to the Frisian language - Lingoda
2024年12月13日 · Frisian is primarily spoken in the northwestern coastal areas of Germany and in the Netherlands. In Germany, Frisian-speaking communities reside in the Saterland, along the west coast of Schleswig and on several islands just offshore.
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