North Frisian 547373 198938518 2008-03-17T20:37:33Z 79.25.226.100 Interwiki: +pms {{language |name=North Frisian |nativename=''Frasch / Fresk / Freesk / Friisk'' |familycolor=Indo-European |states=[[Germany]] |region=[[Schleswig-Holstein]] |speakers=10,000 |fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] |fam4=[[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] |fam5=[[Frisian languages|Frisian]] |iso2=frr|iso3=frr}} [[Image:Kartenordfriesischedialekte.GIF|thumb|North Frisian dialects]] '''North Frisian''' is a [[minority language]] of [[Germany]], spoken by about 10,000 people in [[North Frisia]]. There are two main dialectal divisions: those of the mainland and the insular dialects. There is no standard variety, although some have suggested the mainland [[Mooring (North Frisian dialect)|Mooring]] dialect. The language is part of the larger group of the [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] [[Frisian languages]]. North Frisian is an endangered language, as in most places children no longer learn it. Exceptions are a few villages on the islands of [[Föhr]] and [[Amrum]] and the [[Risum]] area. All speakers of North Frisian are at least bilingual (North Frisian and [[Standard German]]). Many are trilingual (North Frisian, Standard German and [[Low German]]) and, especially along the Danish border, quadrilingualism used to be widespread (North Frisian, Standard German, Low German and [[South Jutlandic]]). ==Samples== The sentence displayed below in many variants reads, "'Shine, old moon, shine!', cried Häwelmann, but neither the moon nor the stars were anywhere to be seen; they had all already gone to bed." (From: [[Theodor Storm]]: ''Der kleine Häwelmann''.) ===Insular=== [[Söl'ring]] (dialect of [[Sylt]]) :''„Ljucht, ual Muun, ljucht!” skriilt Häwelmann, man di Muun wiar narigen tö sen en uk di Stiaren ek; ja wiar al altermaal tö Ber gingen.'' [[Fering]]-[[Öömrang]] (dialect of [[Föhr]] and [[Amrum]]) :''„Locht, ual muun, locht!” rep Heewelmaan, man a muun wiar nochhuaren tu sen an a stäären uk ei; jo wiar al altermaal tu baad gingen.'' [[Heligolandic]] (dialect of [[Helgoland]]) :''„Lochte, ool Muun, lochte!” rüp Heäwelman, oawers de Muun wear naarni tu sin’n en uk de Steern ni; dja wear al allemoal tu Baad gingen.'' ===Mainland=== [[Hoorning]] (dialect of [[Goesharde]]) :''„Jocht, uule moune, jocht!” biilked Hääwelmoon, ors e moune waas närngs to schüns än da steere ok ai; ja weern al aal to beede gingen.'' [[Wiedingharde Frisian]] :''„Ljocht, uuile moone, ljocht!” biilked Hääwelmuon, män e moone was näärgen to schüns än uk e steere ai; jä würn al altomoale to beerd gingen.'' [[Halligen Frisian]] (although it is spoken on the [[Halligen]] islands, it is linguistically grouped with the mainland dialects) :''„Jaacht, uale mööne, jaacht!” bölked Hääwelmoon, man de mööne woas näärngs to siinen än de steere uk ee; jä weern al altomaole to beed giangen.'' [[Mooring (North Frisian dialect)|Mooring]] (dialect of [[Bökingharde]]) :''„Jucht, üülje moune, jucht!” biiljked Hääwelmoon, ouers e moune wus nargne tu schüns än e stääre uk ai; ja wjarn ål åltumååle tu beed lim.'' Note that, despite the differences between the dialects, the Fering and Öömrang are highly similar; in this example nearly identical. ==See also== *[[Frisian languages]] *[[North Frisia]] *[[Frisians]] *[[Frisian Islands]] ==External links== *[[w:de:s:Friesisch-Gesetz|de:s:Friesisch-Gesetz]] - [[w:de:s:Hauptseite|German wikisource]] with a law about Northern Frisian {{de icon}} *[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=frr Ethnologue on North Frisian] {{en icon}} *[http://www.nordfriiskinstituut.de Nordfriisk Instituut (North Frisian Institute)] homepage (mainly in {{de icon}}) *[http://friiske.de/my.php?page=2&language=ie Friisk Foriining (Frisian Society)] homepage {{en icon}} *[http://friiske.de/my.php?page=2&language=nf Friisk Foriining] {{Languageicon|frr|Mooring North Frisian}} {{Frisian languages}} {{Germanic languages}} [[Category:Frisian languages]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Languages of Denmark]] <!--functionally extinct in denmark--> [[br:Frizeg an norzh]] [[da:Nordfrisisk (sprog)]] [[de:Nordfriesische Sprache]] [[fy:Noardfrysk]] [[it:Frisone settentrionale]] [[li:Noordfries]] [[nl:Noord-Fries]] [[nds-nl:Noordfrais]] [[pms:Lenga frison-a setentrional]] [[stq:Noudfräisk]] [[zh:北弗里西亚语]]