Home › Entities › language_family › Frisian

Frisian

group of Germanic languages
Language language_family Q25325
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Frisian is a language family[1]. Frisian ranks in the top 2% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,513 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Netherlands[3], Germany[4], Denmark[5]
  • Subclass of: Anglo-Frisian[6], North Sea Germanic[7]
  • Writing system: Latin script[8]
  • Commons category: Frisian language[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Frisian languages[10]
  • Language regulatory body: Fryske Akademy[11]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 480,000[12], 612,000[13]
  • Facet of: Q132240406[14]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15]
  • Topic has template: Template:Frisian languages[16]
  • Studied by: Frisian studies[17]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133098621[18]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25930045[19], Q110737009[20]
  • Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[21]
  • Model item: West Frisian[22], East Frisian[23], North Frisian[24]
  • Category for films in this language: Category:Frisian-language films[25]
  • Related category: Category:Frisian pronunciation[26]
  • Category for music in this language: Category:Frisian-language music[27]

Why It Matters

Frisian has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Frisian is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Denmark Germany Kingdom of Prussia Netherlands

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Frisian. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/frisian
MLA “Frisian.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/frisian.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_frisian_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Frisian}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/frisian}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Frisian — https://4ort.xyz/entity/frisian (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/frisian · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0409425-fristina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0409425-fristina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → language family
    Country → Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+480000'}, {'amount': '+612000'}
    Ethnologue language status → 2 Provincial
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 19994, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.