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Name:
Frisian, Northern
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Frisian (North); Frisian (Northern); Frisian; North Frisian; Nordfriesisch; Friesisch
Spoken in:
Germany
Number of speakers:
10,000 (Stephens 1976). Ethnic population: 60,000 (Stephens 1976)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
10000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
10000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
frr
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Language:
Old Frisian; Frisian (ofs)
Child Dialects:
Sölreng; Sylt (frr-sol)
Helgoland (frr-hel)
Mooringer; Mooringa; Mainland Frisian (frr-moo)
Ferring; Fohr-Amrum (frr-fer)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Map of Frisian, Northern
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