Frisian Germanic European Indo Natural Languages Linguistics
Frisian Germanic European Indo Natural Languages Linguistics
Frisian
Frisian is a West Germanic language still widely spoken in parts of the northern Netherlands (where it has official status), as well as by two very small (and disappearing) communities in northern Germany. Frisian is the continental Germanic language most closely related to English.
Top: Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Indo-European: Germanic: Frisian:
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- Scholarly paper on the linguistic and social history of the Frisian language.
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- Institution (headquarters in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden) devoted to the standardization and preservation of the Frisian language. Trilingual site (Frisian, English and Dutch).
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- Sociolinguistic survey of the use of Frisian as a major minority language in the northern Netherlands, and as a much smaller minority language in two pockets of northern Germany. Collection of links. Bilingual site (English and French).
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- General and ordering information on the major reference grammar of Frisian available in English, by the author (Pieter Meijes Tiersma, a California law professor) himself. Extensive downloadable sound files illustrating the language.
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- The history and status of the Frisian and its relation to English and Dutch.
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