North Frisian
minority languages of Germany, spoken mostly by people in North Frisia
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Summary
North Frisian is a natural language[1]. It draws 1,749 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #161 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Germany[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Frisian[5]
- Writing system: Latin script[6]
- Commons category: North Frisian language[7]
- Wikimedia language code: frr[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:North Frisian language[9]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 10,000[10]
- Described by source: Dialekte und Sprachen[11]
- Native label: Nuurdfresk[12]
- UNESCO language status: 4 severely endangered[13]
- History of topic: Q13137890[14]
- Indigenous to: Pellworm[15], Halligen[16], Heligoland[17], Sylt[18], Föhr[19], Amrum[20], Schleswig-Holstein[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FRR[22]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q1942399[23], Q1942138[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 7 Shifting[25]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[26], masculine[27], neuter[28]
Why It Matters
North Frisian has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]