Frisian

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Frisian

Plural -

Frisian

1. the language group (West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian) spoken by many people in the Dutch province of Friesland, some people in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark, mainly west coast
2. (Netherlands) the West Frisian language
3. an alternate name for the West Frisian language, widely used in informal speech and writing, or where context makes the meaning unambiguous. (Compare: America, when synonymous with the United States of America.)

[edit] Usage notes

Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called “Frisian”. As they are not mutually intelligible, other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called “Frisian”. East Frisian is a West Low German dialect.

[edit] Translations

Please distinguish between the Frisian language group, the West Frisian language (sometimes known as "Frisian"), and the West Frisian dialect.

• Icelandic: frísneska f.
• Spanish: frisón m.
• Swedish: frisiska c.

[edit] Noun

Frisian (plural Frisians)

1. a person stemming from the Dutch province of Friesland

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Frisian

1. Of, or pertaining to, the Dutch province of Friesland, the Frisian people or the Frisian language

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[edit] See also

• The West Frisian Wikipedia

• The Saterland Frisian Wikipedia

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue entry for Western Frisian, fri
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Frisian, frr
• Ethnologue entry for Saterland Frisian, stq
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Frisian, frs

  Note: Ethnologue was published before ISO 639-3 was corrected. The new ISO 639-3 code is “fry”.