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Bookmark or Share- Frisian | Language, Culture & History | BritannicaFrisian, 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.
- Frisians - WikipediaThe Frisian languages are spoken by more than 500,000 people; West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland), and North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages in Germany.
- Frisia - WikipediaIt includes the North Frisian Islands, where varieties of the North Frisian language are spoken. It stretches from the Eider River in the south to the border of Denmark in the north. Until the Second Schleswig War in 1864, the region belonged to the Danish Duchy of Schleswig .
- Frisian languages - WikipediaThe 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.
- What Is Frisian, And Where Is It Spoken? - Babbel.comBefore we dive into Frisian, we should mention that the title is a bit misleading: There’s not just one Frisian language, but three. Much of the time, the name Frisian is used synonymously with the most widely spoken of the contemporary Frisians, West Frisian. But what is Frisian, actually?
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