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Name: Frisian, Western
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Frisian; Frisian (Western); West Frisian; Friesisch; Frysk; Fries
Spoken in: Netherlands
Number of speakers: 467,000 (2001 census) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 350000 (UNESCO)
Code: fry
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Language: Old Frisian; Frisian (ofs)
Child Dialects: Wâldfrysk (fry-wal) Súdhoeksk (fry-sud) Klaaifrysk (fry-kla) Westerlauwers Fries (fry-wes)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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