West Frisian

English

Proper noun

West Frisian

1. a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; West Lauwers Frisian, one of the three West Frisian languages (or language varieties)
2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Netherlands) the West Frisian dialect of Dutch dialect spoken in the province of North Holland, related to West Frisian language

Usage notes

Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called “Frisian”. Other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called “Frisian”.

Translations

language spoken in Friesland

Catalan: frisó occidental (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 弗里西亞語, simpl. 弗里西亚语 (fúlǐxīyà yǔ) Dutch: Fries (nl) n., Westerlauwers Fries (nl) n. Esperanto: okcidentfrisa lingvo (eo) Finnish: länsifriisi (fi) German: Westfriesisch (de) n.

Italian: lingua frisone occidentale, lingua frisona occidentale (ad hoc) Japanese: フリジア語 (ja) (Furijia-go), フリース語 (ja) (Furīsu-go) Limburgish: Wèsfriesj (li) n. Polish: zachodnio-fryzyjski (pl) m. Portuguese: frísio (pt) m., frisão (pt) m. Spanish: frisio occidental (es) m. West Frisian: Frysk (fy)

the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch

Dutch: West-Fries (nl) Finnish: länsifriisiläinen murre Italian: dialetto frisone occidentale (ad hoc)

Polish: zachodnio-fryzyjski (pl) m. West Frisian: West-Frysk (fy)

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

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

See also

• West Frisian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:West Frisian language
• ISO 639-1 code fy, ISO 639-3 code fry (SIL)
• Wiktionary's coverage of West Frisian terms
• Appendix:West Frisian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in West Frisian