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  North Frisian in Germany
Regional or minority languages are languages which differ from the official language of that State and which are traditionally used within a given territory of that State by nationals of that State forming a group numerically smaller than the rest of the State's population.
Frisian is taught in 2 grammar schools (in Niebüll in the classes 5 and 6, and in Wyk on the island Föhr in the classes 5 and 6 as well as in the classes 11-13), and in 3 intermediate schools with a total number of 24 lessons.
Frisian courses are held by Frisian associations, the Volkshochschule, the Ortskulturring, and private individuals.
www1.fa.knaw.nl /mercator/regionale_dossiers/regional_dossier_northfrisian_in_germany.htm   (4239 words)

  
  Frisian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 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.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Frisian_language   (1116 words)

  
 Northvegr - Holy Language Lexicon
Arabic, the Semitic language of the Arabs and the language of Islam.
Frisian, West Germanic language spoken in Friesland, the lowland coast of the North Sea and nearby islands, closely related to Dutch and Old English.
O.N. Old Norse, the Norwegian language as written and spoken c.100 to 1500 C.E., the relevant phase of it being "Viking Norse" (700-1100), the language spoken by the invaders and colonizers of northern and eastern England c.875-950.
www.northvegr.org /holy/abbrev.php   (2566 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)

  
 Introduction & Abbreviations
Arabic, the Semitic language of the Arabs and the language of Islam.
Frisian, West Germanic language spoken in Friesland, the lowland coast of the North Sea and nearby islands, closely related to Dutch and Old English.
O.N. Old Norse, the Norwegian language as written and spoken c.100 to 1500 C.E., the relevant phase of it being "Viking Norse" (700-1100), the language spoken by the invaders and colonizers of northern and eastern England c.875-950.
www.etymonline.com /abbr.php   (3129 words)

  
 Frisian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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.
Region: North Frisian (Friisk) is spoken in Schleswig-Holstein in the rural district of North Frisia (Nordfriesland).
www.tseadbruinja.nl /engels/frisian.htm   (5015 words)

  
 North Frisian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia.
The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages.
Halligen Frisian (although it is spoken on the Halligen islands, it is linguistically grouped with the mainland dialects)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Frisian_language   (411 words)

  
 Frisian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of Frisian ethnic groups living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
Saterland and North Frisian are officially recognised and protected as minority languages in Germany and West Frisian is one of the two official languages in the Netherlands, together with Dutch.
Frisian is the language most closely related to English, but after at least five hundred years of being subjected to the influence of Dutch, modern Frisian in some aspects bears a greater similarity to Dutch than to English; one must also take into account the centuries-long drift of English away from Frisian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frisian_language   (1280 words)

  
 Nordfriesland County (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The "coat of arms of the Frisians", which is mentioned but defined in the law, is as follows: Parted per pale, in dexter per fess azure a king's crown or and gules a pot of porridge sable, in sinister or a demi-eagle sable.
The "Frisian colours" mentioned in the law usually translate to flags with three stripes, yellow, red, and blue, occasionally with the afore-mentioned coat-of-arms, which are quite popular in the coastal areas and islands of North Frisia.
In the notes it is explained that the Scandinavian cross pattern was chosen to symbolise the relationship of the Frisians to the Nordic countries (whatever that may have been — except for the fact that the North Frisians once were ruled by Denmark).
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-sh-nf.html   (1305 words)

  
 Frisian languages and pronunciation
Frisian is a West Germanic language spoken in Germany and the Netherlands.
North Frisian is spoken in Schleswig-Holstein in the rural district of North Frisia (Nordfriesland).
Sater Frisian is spoken in the three villages of Ramsloh, Scharrel and Strücklingen in the Community of the Saterland in the Northwest corner of the Lower Saxon County of Cloppenburg.
www.omniglot.com /writing/frisian.htm   (934 words)

  
 Frisian is an old language at the south coast of the North Sea.
Frisian is an old language at the south coast of the North Sea.
Frisian is a language spoken along the south coast of the North Sea.
West Frisian in the Dutch province of Fryslân (formerly Friesland), East Frisian in the community Saterland (Seelterlound) in Germany and North Frisian also in Germany along the west coast of Schleswig and a number of islands including Helgoland.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Atrium/6641/english.htm   (107 words)

  
 World congress on language policies
The last group consists of language communities whose position and provisions also depend on the central government, but the real protection of the regional and minority language is dependent on the local policies of municipalities and their political and administrative leaderships, such as boards of education.
Most of the 15 language communities have good provisions for their language in education, although the scale and the degree of these provisions in the same category are highly varied.
Instead of referring to particular languages, Spain has ratified for regional or minority languages that are co-official languages in the autonomous communities and the languages that are protected by the statuses of autonomy in the territories where they are traditionally spoken.
www.linguapax.org /congres/taller/taller4/Alie.html   (6743 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).
I feel that the study of Frisian, especially in light of its relation to English and its status as a minority language, is most valuable because of the questions it raises.
web.quipo.it /minola/frysk/language.htm   (2529 words)

  
 Language Resources - E & F
An Indo-European language and a member of the West Germanic group, spoken by some 700,000 speakers mainly in the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands, where it has official status, some northern provinces of Germany and in some parts of the Frisian Islands in the North Sea.
Frisian : the Frisian language in education in The Netherlands
The Frisian language [brochure on the status of the language]
www.langcen.cam.ac.uk /resources/lang-ef/lang_ef.php?c=6   (215 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.
eurolang.planc.co.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=35   (5980 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.
North Frisians also participate in the activities of minority groups at a European level, especially for the purposes of the "European Bureau of Lesser Used Languages", Dublin, and the "Federal Union of European Nationalities" (FUEN).
www.nordfriiskinstituut.de /englisch.html   (3297 words)

  
 The World of Theodor Storm.
The dykemaster's Frisian longhouse could already be seen from afar, for it stood on a high earthwork beside the tallest tree in the village, a mighty ash.
They reflect the North Frisian closeness to both the land and the sea, of days long gone when whaling was a major local industry and when farming brought immense wealth and prosperity to parts of the region.
No visit to North Friesland is complete without a visit to the many beautiful churches on the islands and on the mainland, the rich interiors of which reflect the local traditions and cultures of the Frisian people at their best.
www.theodorstorm.co.uk /world/world.htm   (2492 words)

  
 Home
North Frisians live along the west coest from the present national boundary up to the Eider that here forms a distinct ethnic border to the Low Saxon Dithmarschen.
Danish and Frisian language and culture are the original ones in South Schleswig but have been partly covered up by the German language and culture.
The "Südschleswigscher Wählerverband” (the Voters’ Association of South Schleswig) is the political representation of the danish population and the national Frisians.
www.sydslesvigsk-forening.de /showpage.asp?ID=66   (1831 words)

  
 frisian
Frisian is my native language and is generally regarded as the closest language to English that is still spoken.
West Frisian is spoken in the Dutch province of Friesland.
North Frisian is still spoken in a part of Germany, on some of the islands and mainland of the North Sea coast below Denmark.
www.tiersma.com /FRISIAN/FRISIAN.HTM   (2747 words)

  
 Language general   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On this basis it is supposed that the Old Frisian long vowel phonemic system is exploded in the 14th century, due to a sudden appearance of stretched vowels, chiefly in loan-words.
Summary - The paradigms of the monosyllabic verbs in West Frisian and in Mooringer North Frisian show double patterns, which are lacking in Old Frisian and Saterfrisian.
, is important in the field of Frisian language and culture.
www.geocities.com /athens/atrium/6641/language.htm   (338 words)

  
 Basiswurdskat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Frisian: 'Hoe giet it mei jo?, Hoe is it dermei?'
I have heard there is Frisian folk in Germany as well, but they speak a different Frisian and it's not mutually intelligible.
In Germany there are speakers of Frisian in the Saterland region of Lower Saxony, the Saterland's marshy fringe areas having long protected Frisian speech there from pressure by the surrounding Low German and High German languages.
www.phrasebase.com /forum/read.php?TID=6173   (505 words)

  
 Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by English name of Language - Codes for the representation of names of languages ...
Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by English name of Language - Codes for the representation of names of languages (Library of Congress)
Where two codes are provided (22 languages total), the bibliographic code is given first and the terminology code is given second.
Multiple codes for the same language are to be considered synonyms.
www.loc.gov /standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php   (276 words)

  
 The Frisian Language (Frysk)
Frisian is the closest living language to English that is distinctly a separate language--not a separate dialect.
It is spoken (by some) in Fryslân (in the Netherlands), the Frisian Islands (between the Netherlands and the UK) as well as some places in Germany.
The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers
www.rap.ucar.edu /staff/ericg/frisian.html   (288 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:frr
Schleswig-Holstein, on the coastal strip between the rivers Eider in the south and Wiedau in the north, and adjacent islands of Föhr, Amrum, Sylt, Norstrand, Pellworm, the ten islands of the Halligen group, and Helgoland.
Mooringer (Mooringa, Mainland Frisian), Ferring (Fohr-Amrum), Sölreng (Sylt), Helgoland.
Not intelligible to Eastern Frisian of Germany or Western Frisian of the Netherlands except to a few educated bilingual speakers of West Frisian.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=frr   (190 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   (245 words)

  
 Yamada Language Center: Frisian Mailing Lists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
LOWLANDS-L is an automated worldwide electronic mail list for those who are interested in the languages and cultures of the lowlands adjacent to the coast of the North Sea and of Baltic Sea.
"Lowlands" also includes those languages that descended from autochtonous Lowlands languages and are used elsewhere; for example, Afrikaans, Emigré Dutch/Frisian/Low Saxon, Lowlands-based pidgins and creoles, and also English and Scots.
This page is maintained by the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon.
babel.uoregon.edu /yamada/lists/frisian.html   (119 words)

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