Language/Western-frisian

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Facts about Western Frisian

West Frisian, or simply Frisian, is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian languages.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language

• Language code (ISO 639-3): fry

• Autonyms (how to write "Western Frisian" in Western Frisian): Frysk

• Other names for "Western Frisian": Fries, Frysk, Fryske taal, Westlauwers Fries, Frisian, West Frisian, Westerlauwersk Frysk; Dutch: Fries [fris], also Westerlauwers Fries

• The Western Frisian language is spoken in: Netherlands

Free Western Frisian Lessons

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Frisian Dictionaries

• Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal: Dictionary of the Frisian language & Dutch dictionaries

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• Taalweb: Frisian-Dutch dictionary

• Oersetter: Frisian-Dutch translation

• Etymological dictionary of West Frisian farming vocabulary by Stefan Norbruis (2015)

• Wêdenboek fon et Aasters (Woordenboek van het Oosterschellings): dictionary of the Terschelling dialect, by Cornelis Roggen (1976)

• Wörterbuch der ostfriesischen Sprache: East Frisian-German dictionary, by Jan ten Doornkaat Koolman (1879) A-G - H-P - Q-Z

• Ostfriesisches Wörterbuch: East Frisian-German dictionary, by Cirk Heinrich Stürenburg (1857)

• Glossarium der friesischen Sprache, besonders in nordfriesischen Mundart: North Frisian dictionary, by Nicolaus Outzen (1837)

• Proeve van een friesch en Nederlandsch woordenboek: Frisian-Dutch dictionary, by Montanus Hettema (1831)

• Altfriesisches Wörterbuch: Old Frisian-German dictionary, by Karl von Richthofen (1840)

• A new step in Old Frisian lexicography: introduction by Anne Popkema

• West-Germanic *ai in Frisian by Michiel de Vaan, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur alteren Germanistik (2011)

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Seasons and Months — Describing Weather — Interjections — Coordinating Conjunctions — Discussing Leisure Activities — Common Hobbies — Traditional Foods — Holidays and Celebrations — Asking for Directions — Modes of Transportation — Irregular Verbs — Regular Verbs — At the Restaurant — Common Foods — Prepositions of Place — Personal Pronouns — Describing Relationships — Family Members — Comparative and Superlative — Descriptive Adjectives — Telling Time — Numbers 1 20 — Definite and Indefinite Articles — Noun Gender and Plurals — Introducing Yourself — Common Greetings — Basic Sentence Structure — Alphabet and Pronunciation — 0 to A1 Course — How to Use Have