Wiktionary:About Old Frisian

Old Frisian is the ancestor of West Frisian, Saterland Frisian and North Frisian. This page describes the current practices of Wiktionary regarding this language.

Normalised orthography

In order to keep our entries searchable, we normalise the orthography of Old Frisian.

Aa

Bb

Dd

Ee

Ff

Gg

Hh

Ch

Ii

Kk

Ll

Mm

Nn

Oo

Pp

Rr

Ss

Tt

Ts

Th

Uu

Vv

Zz

[a]

[b]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[ɡ] ~ [ɣ]

[h]

[χ]

[i] ~ [j]

[k]

[l]

[m]

[n]

[o]

[p]

[r]

[s] ~ [z]

[t]

[t͡s]

[θ] ~ [ð]

[u] ~ [w]

[v]

[d͡z]

The long vowels [aː], [eː], [iː], [oː], [uː] are denoted with ⟨ā⟩, ⟨ē⟩, ⟨ī⟩, ⟨ō⟩, ⟨ū⟩, whereas the long vowels [ɛː], [ɔː] are written ⟨ê⟩, ⟨ô⟩ respectively. Long vowels are only given in headwords, and are not part of the pagename. Long consonants are given as double in both the entry name and the headword.

All terms are by default lemmatised at the Early Old Frisian phonological form in accordance to this normalisation, and all other attested spellings are to be given as alternative.