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	Frisian
		Frisian is a West Germanic language (see characterisation of the Germanic language family) which is spoken by about 400,000 people in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
		Alongside the national language (Dutch) and the regional language (Frisian) a number of dialects are also spoken, viz the dialects of Stellingwerf (a Saxon dialect), the area of Het Bildt (in the north west) and Town Frisian or Stedsk in the towns (see map).
		Frisian today, as can be seen from the studie van Gorter en Jonkman (1994), is the first language of 54.8% of the inhabitants of the province, and about 94% have a passive knowledge of the language.
	www.ned.univie.ac.at /publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/fries.htm (1152 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Frisian Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The West Frisian language (Frysk) is a language spoken mostly in the province of FryslÃ¢n in the north of the Netherlands.
		Wiedingharde Frisian (Wiringhiirder freesk) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in the amt of Wiedingharde in the German region of North Frisia.
		Halligen Frisian (Freesk) is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the Halligen islands, primarily LangeneÃŸ and Hooge, in the German region of North Frisia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frisian-Language (4106 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Frisian language
		Frisian (Frysk or Frasch) is a language spoken by a small ethnic group living in the northerwestern part of Europe.
		Frisian consists of several dialects, which are often mutually unintelligible.
		Frisian is highly similar to Old English, and is linguistically classified as the closest existing language to English.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/fr/Frisian_language (400 words)

	Eurolang - Language Data - Frisian (Netherlands, Germany)
		Frisian is spoken in the province of Fryslân, and in a few border villages in the neighbouring province of Groningen.
		Frisian was allowed by a law of 1956 in the court, because there had been some riot in Fryslân in 1951 over the use of Frisian in one particular courtcase.
		A somewhat outdated study on language aspects of pre-primary education in Friesland revealed that Frisian is hardly used in urban playgroups, whereas rural playgroups are predominantly bilingual (Duipmans 1984).
	eurolang.planc.co.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=35 (5980 words)

	Frisian language - Encyclopedia.com
		Frisian language member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages).
		North Frisian is spoken along the North Sea coast of Germany and on the Frisian Islands, and East Frisian is spoken farther inland in NW Germany.
		Frisian is a subject of instruction in the schools of Friesland and also has a literature of its own.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Frisianl.html (208 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fryske Akademy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leeuwarden (Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland.
		Frisian is the tongue spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
		Fryske Akademy (Frisian Academy) - Institution (headquarters in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden) devoted to the standardization and preservation of the Frisian language.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fryske-Akademy (384 words)

	Dontent
		The Frisians colonized the county of Kent in southeast England.
		This historic Frisian empire lasted from 500 A.D. to 719 A.D. It neighbored to the Saxons in the north and east, the Franks in the south and the Anglo-Saxons in the west across the North Sea.
		In the heart of the Frisian land, on the river Boorne ('Middelsea'), the decisive battle was waged, with Poppo (in full Hrodbad) at the head of the Frisian land- and sea-forces.
	www.boudicca.de /frisian1.htm (2464 words)

	Frisian language information - Search.com
		Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
		Frisian is officially recognised and protected as a minority language in Germany and is one of the two official languages in the Dutch province of Fryslân.
		Originally, Frisian was the language closest related to English, but after at least five hundred years of being subjected to the influence of Dutch, modern Frisian bears a greater similarity to Dutch than to English; one must also take into account the centuries-long drift of English away from Frisian.
	www.search.com /reference/Frisian_language (1145 words)

	Frisian language: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Frisian (Frysk or Frasch) is a language spoken by a small ethnic group living in the northerwestern part of Europe.
		Most Frisian speakers live in the Netherlands, primarily in the province of Friesland (Fryslân in Frisian) where their number is about 440,000.
		Frisian is highly similar to Old English, and is linguistically classified as the closest existing language to English.
	www.encyclopedian.com /fr/Frisian-language.html (551 words)

	AllRefer.com - Frisian language (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
		Frisian language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages).
		North Frisian is spoken along the North Sea coast of Germany and on the Frisian Islands, and East Frisian is spoken farther inland in NW Germany.
		Frisian is a subject of instruction in the schools of Friesland and also has a literature of its own.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Frisianl.html (247 words)

	Euromosaic - Frisian in Germany: North Frisian ("Friisk")
		Frisian language history and culture are included in Frisian language classes, regional and social studies.
		The continuing language shift away from Frisian is counteracted by an increase in cultural and linguistic maintenance activities.
		Dutch West Frisian is the "giant" with 400,000 speakers, the two German Frisian groups are small "Davids", with the minuscule East Frisian group at 2000 and the North Frisians at 9000 speakers.
	www.uoc.es /euromosaic/web/document/friso/an/i3/i3.html (2024 words)

	Saterland Frisian language - Definition, explanation
		Saterland Frisian (East Frisian; Fräisk or Seeltersk) is a Frisian language in the German Ostfriesland region, spoken today only in a small area know as Saterland.
		The language referred to today as Ostfriesisch in German is a Low Saxon dialect, though its Frisian substrate is still evident.
		Frisian remained in Saterland because it used to be a little accessible island in a swampy area.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sa/saterland_frisian_language.php (234 words)

	Language
		Frisian is a member of the Germanic family of languages, and is the closest living language related to English.
		The Frisian was to be free to defend himself against the sea and the attack of the Òwild VikingÓ (Mahmood 2).
		Frisian has been a minority language for five centuries, yet it managed to retain a written history and a literary tradition.
	web.quipo.it /minola/frysk/language.htm (2529 words)

	Nordfriisk Instituut
		The East Frisian language has died out in its country of origin and is in these days spoken by only approximately 2.000 people in the Saterland, a region in the district of Oldenburg, whereas the West Frisian language community in the Dutch province of Friesland counts almost 400.000 speakers.
		Throughout the centuries Frisian was the language commonly used in the families and villages.
		The Frisian history is as colourful and fascinating as the language region North Frisia.
	www.nordfriiskinstituut.de /englisch.html (3297 words)

	Frisian language — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		North Frisian is spoken along the North Sea coast of Germany and on the Frisian Islands, and East Frisian is spoken farther inland in NW Germany.
		Frisian is a subject of instruction in the schools of Friesland and also has a literature of its own.
		Organisations of Frisian migrants in Amsterdam in the late nineteenth and early twentieth......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0819747.html (217 words)

	Frisian Language - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Frisian Language, language of the historical Frisian people, now an official language in the Dutch province of Friesland, with dialects still spoken...
		Language, the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another.
		Language is primarily spoken, although it can be transferred to...
	encarta.msn.com /Frisian_Language.html (144 words)

	Frisian language at AllExperts
		Frisian (Frysk) is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
		Frisian is officially recognised and protected as a minority language in Germany and is one of the two official languages in the Netherlands, together with Dutch.
		Although the earliest definite written examples of Frisian are from approximately the 9th century, there are a few examples of runic inscriptions from the region which are probably older and possibly in the Frisian language.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fr/frisian_language.htm (1196 words)

	Eurolang - Language Data - Frisian (Netherlands, Germany)
		Frisian is spoken in the province of Fryslân, and in a few border villages in the neighbouring province of Groningen.
		Frisian was allowed by a law of 1956 in the court, because there had been some riot in Fryslân in 1951 over the use of Frisian in one particular courtcase.
		Frisian is an additional school subject in the province, where the schools do not receive any supplementary financing for the teaching of the minority language.
	www.eurolang.net /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=35 (5980 words)

	Language in the Netherlands
		It is Westerlauwer Frisian that most people mean when they say “Frisian.” Westerlauwer Frisian (Westerlauwersk Frysk, Frisian west of the Lauwer river) is used in the Netherlands’ province of Friesland and in the western parts of the Netherlands’ province of Groningen.
		In 2001, a Covenant on Frisian Language and Culture between the Netherlands’ government and the province of Friesland was signed.
		In general, Frisian speakers can use their own language in contacts with public authorities, as the provincial or state administration and a number of other bodies have made this a matter of policy.
	taal.phileon.nl /eng/frisian.php (833 words)

	Frisian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Frisian is the language of the historical Frisian people, now an official language in the Dutch province of Friesland, with dialects still spoken on the Frisian Islands, and in a few German villages.
		Frisian, most closely related to English, belongs to the Anglo-Frisian group in the western branch of the Germanic languages.
		Frisian was once the prominent tongue along the North Sea coast and on nearby islands, from the present Dutch-Belgian border to the modern German-Danish border.
	www.flw.com /languages/frisian.htm (99 words)

	Information on the Frisian language and Frisian literature
		Frisian literature II the literature that is written in West Frisian, a language closely related to Old English, and now spoken primarily by the inhabitants of Friesland, a northern province of The Netherlands.
		Frisian is spoken as a lesser used language in Germany and in the Netherlands.
		Frisian Language II Language of the historical Frisian people, now an official language in the Dutch province of Friesland, with dialects still spoken on the Frisian Islands, and in a few German villages.
	www.tseadbruinja.nl /engels/frisian.htm (5015 words)

	Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		West Frisian is spoken in Friesland, the northern Dutch coastal province, including the Frisian islands of Terschelling and Schiermonnikoog.
		North Frisian is spoken along the west coast of the Schleswig area of Germany and the North Frisian islands.
		The Frisians subsequently became part of the Roman Empire; were later overrun by Angles and Saxons on the way to England, and much later conquered by Charlemagne and converted to Christianity.
	www.writingenglish.com /frisian.htm (284 words)

	Translation Services Company - Translation Quotes Available Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	Verbix -- Germanic. Conjugate verbs in 50+ languages
		West Germanic: Anglo-Frisian group - the English language and the Frisian language; Netherlandic-German group - Netherlandic, or Dutch-Flemish and the Low German dialects, Afrikaans, the German language or High German, and the Yiddish language.
		The Germanic languages are related in the sense that they can be shown to be different historical developments of a single earlier parent language.
		Although for some language families there are written records of the parent language (e.g., for the Romance languages, which are variant developments of Latin), in the case of Germanic no written records of the parent language exist.
	www.verbix.com /languages/germanic.asp (837 words)

	frg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Frisian Reference Grammar begins with an introduction that places West Frisian in its historical and geographical context, briefly discussing its relationship to closely related Germanic languages like English, as well as dialectal variation within Frisian itself and the current sociolinguistic status of the language.
		Chapter 2 introduces the sounds of Frisian and the phonetic and phonological rules that govern its pronunciation, including the well-known phenomenon of breaking.
		Major changes in the second edition are an updated bibliography that includes references to all major recent work on Frisian, as well as revised textual notes, which also have been modified to reflect research on Frisian since the publication of the original grammar.
	www.tiersma.com /FRISIAN/FRG.HTM (334 words)

	Frisian language and culture
		FROM WIKIPEDIA Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
		Frisian Palindromes Frisian is a language spoken in the north of the Netherlands in the province of Fryslân and in the north of Germany (in very different varieties).
		Frisian Literature, writings in the Frisian language, which is spoken in the Dutch province of Friesland and the Frisian Islands.
	www.lonweb.org /link-frisian.htm (2345 words)

	i-Friesland: A Frisian language and Low Saxon/Platt links page
		Online Frisian Course by Pyt Kramer - online West Frisian language lessons, including sound files, and also a short course on the Sater Frisian dialect (the creator informs me that he will be adding to this course shortly - so all you East Frisians - have a look)!
		Background of Frisian - Just one page, but provides a great summation of the origins of the language.
		Frisian grammar book - the only Frisian grammar book written in English that I know about - you can order it online here.
	www.i-friesland.com /links/language.htm (230 words)

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