Frisian language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Frisian |
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Frysk | |
Native to | Netherlands, Germany |
Region | Friesland, Groningen, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein |
Ethnicity | Frisians |
Native speakers | 480,000 (ca. 2001 census)e18 |
Language family | |
Early forms: |
Old Frisian
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Dialects |
Saterland Frisian
North Frisian
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Writing system | Latin |
Official status | |
Official language in | Netherlands Germany |
Regulated by | NL: Fryske Akademy D: no official regulation unofficial: the Seelter Buund (for Sater Frisian), the Nordfriisk Instituut (for North Frisian) |
Linguasphere | 52-ACA |
Present-day distribution of the Frisian languages in Europe:
West Frisian North Frisian Saterland Frisian |
Frisian refers to three languages that comes 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.
They are West Germanic languages related to Dutch and are also the closest living languages to English. Since they have been spoken since Roman times, English could descend from Frisian directly.
The Frisian languages are:
- West Frisian
- North Frisian
- Saterland Frisian
language | wordlist | |||||||||
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English | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten |
West Frisian | ien | twa | trije | fjouwer | fiif | seis | sân | aacht | njoggen | tsien |
North Frisian | ian | tau | trii | fjauer | fiiw | sääks | sööwen | aacht | njugen | tiin |
Saterland Frisian | aan | two | trio | fjauer | fieuw | sääks | soogen | oachte | njuugen | tjoon |
Images for kids
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Old Frisian text from 1345.
See also
In Spanish: Lenguas frisonas para niños
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