West Frisian
Facts
- Language: West Frisian
- Alternate names: Frysk, Fries, Frisian, West(er)lauwers Fries, West(er)lauwersk Frysk
- Language code: fry
- Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Frisian (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: ~300,000
- Vulnerability: risk
- Script: Latin script.
More information:
The main dialects Klaaifrysk, Wâldfrysk and Súdwesthoeks are mutually intelligible, whereas the archaic dialect of Hylpen and Skylge differ a lot from the main dialects and are difficult to understand for other speakers of Frisian. A general standard of Frisian has been accepted, which is mainly based on the Klaaifrysk dialect. (de Graaf 2014)