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==Languages== |
==Languages== |
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Not all Frisian varieties spoken in Dutch Friesland are mutually intelligible. The varieties on the islands are rather divergent, and ''Glottolog'' distinguishes four languages:<ref name=Glottolog/> |
Not all Frisian varieties spoken in Dutch Friesland are mutually intelligible. The varieties on the islands are rather divergent, and ''Glottolog'' distinguishes four languages:<ref name=Glottolog/> |
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*'''[[Hindeloopen-Molkwerum Frisian]]''' ({{lang|fy|Hylpersk}}, Dutch {{lang|nl|Hindeloopers}}), an archaic dialect of the peninsular harbour town of [[Hindeloopen]] ({{lang|fy|Hylpen}}) and the village of [[Molkwerum]] on the west coast, is still spoken by some 300 people at the most |
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*[[Hindeloopen-Molkwerum Frisian]] |
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*'''[[Schiermonnikoog Frisian]]''' {{lang|fy|Skiermûntseagersk}}, the most endangered West Frisian language, is spoken on the island of [[Schiermonnikoog]] ({{lang|fy|Skiermûntseach}}) by no more than 50–100 people (out of an island population of 900). |
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*[[Schiermonnikoog Frisian]] |
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*Westlauwers–Terschellings |
*Westlauwers–Terschellings |
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**'''[[Terschelling Frisian]]''' ({{lang|fy|[[Skylgersk]]}}). {{lang|fy|Westersk}}) and {{lang|fy|Aastersk}} are the dialects of the western and eastern parts of the island of [[Terschelling]] ({{lang|fy|Skylge}}) and have about 800 and 400 speakers respectively. |
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**[[Terschelling Frisian]] |
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**[[West Frisian language|Mainland West Frisian]] |
**'''[[West Frisian language|Mainland West Frisian]]''' |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 05:50, 19 September 2019
| West Frisian | |
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| Ethnicity | Frisians |
| Geographic distribution | Friesland and Groningen, Netherlands |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | mode1264 |
 Present-day distribution West Frisian languages (blue), in the Netherlands | |
The West Frisian languages are a group of closely related, though not mutually intelligible, Frisian languages of the Netherlands. Due to the marginalization of all but mainland West Frisian, they are often portrayed as dialects of a single language.
Languages
Not all Frisian varieties spoken in Dutch Friesland are mutually intelligible. The varieties on the islands are rather divergent, and Glottolog distinguishes four languages:[1]
- Hindeloopen-Molkwerum Frisian (Hylpersk, Dutch Hindeloopers), an archaic dialect of the peninsular harbour town of Hindeloopen (Hylpen) and the village of Molkwerum on the west coast, is still spoken by some 300 people at the most
- Schiermonnikoog Frisian Skiermûntseagersk, the most endangered West Frisian language, is spoken on the island of Schiermonnikoog (Skiermûntseach) by no more than 50–100 people (out of an island population of 900).
- Westlauwers–Terschellings
- Terschelling Frisian (Skylgersk). Westersk) and Aastersk are the dialects of the western and eastern parts of the island of Terschelling (Skylge) and have about 800 and 400 speakers respectively.
- Mainland West Frisian