North Frisian
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{{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}}
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