WebThe Frisian (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə n /, / ˈ f r ɪ z i ə n /) languages are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 500,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.The Frisian languages are the closest living language group to the Anglic languages; the two groups make up the Anglo …

WebWest Germanic languages, group of Germanic languages that developed in the region of the North Sea, Rhine-Weser, and Elbe. Out of the many local West Germanic dialects the following six modern standard languages have arisen: English, Frisian, Dutch (Netherlandic-Flemish), Afrikaans, German, and Yiddish. English and Frisian are descended from …

WebOld Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and Weser rivers. The Frisian settlers on the coast of South Jutland (today's Northern Friesland) also spoke Old Frisian, but there are no known medieval texts from this area.The language of the earlier …

WebWest Flemish (West-Vlams or West-Vloams or Vlaemsch (in French-Flanders), Dutch: West-Vlaams, French: flamand occidental) is a collection of Dutch dialects spoken in western Belgium and the neighbouring areas of France and Netherlands.. West Flemish is spoken by about a million people in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and a further …

WebBavarian (German: Bairisch [ˈbaɪrɪʃ] (), Bavarian: Boarisch) or alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a West Germanic language, part of the Upper German family, together with Alemannic and East Franconian.. Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million people in an area of around 125,000 square kilometres (48,000 sq mi), making it the largest of all German …

WebDanish (/ ˈ d eɪ n ɪ ʃ / (); dansk pronounced (), dansk sprog [ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ]) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in Denmark, as well as Greenland (about 10% of the population speak Danish as their first language owing to immigration), the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, …

WebMajor cities include Hoorn (which was the capital of West-Friesland) and Alkmaar. Dialect. The traditional dialect of the region is the West Frisian dialect of Hollandic Dutch. The contemporary region is similar in size and location to the historical district of Westflinge which itself was a part of a much larger historical region of West Friesland.

WebLow Saxon, also known as West Low German (Low German: Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies; Dutch: Nedersaksisch) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). It is one of two groups of mutually intelligible dialects, …

WebA dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varieties may not be. This is a typical occurrence with widely spread languages and language families around the …

WebSylt (German pronunciation: ; Danish: Sild; Söl'ring North Frisian: Söl) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, and well known for the distinctive shape of its shoreline.It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Frisia.The northernmost island of Germany, it is known for its tourist …