{"id":49,"date":"2022-06-21T15:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owlplus.eu\/west-frisian\/?post_type=chapter&p=49"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:54:25","slug":"where-can-you-read-and-hear-frisian","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/owlplus.eu\/west-frisian\/fry\/chapter\/where-can-you-read-and-hear-frisian\/","title":{"raw":"Where can you read and hear Frisian?","rendered":"Where can you read and hear Frisian?"},"content":{"raw":"Where can you find Frisian? Below you will find basic information about the areas where Frisian can be found, whether there is only one Frisian language, or in which contexts people can make use of it.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDo you already know where Frisian is spoken? Click on the image to see if you can find the correct area!\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"9\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Frisian that we will learn about in this module is spoken in the Dutch province of Frysl\u00e2n. Some people call it West Frisian in order to differentiate it from two other Frisian languages that are spoken in Germany. These languages are called North Frisian and Sater Frisian. With approximately 450.000<\/a> speakers[footnote]https:\/\/taalportaal.org\/taalportaal\/topic\/pid\/topic-14225224491227143[\/footnote] (Klinkenberg et al 2018, taalportaal, taalatlas 2020), the Frisian that is spoken in Frysl\u00e2n is the Frisian language with the biggest number of speakers.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"7\"]<\/code>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"\"The three main regional varieties of West Frisian are Su\u0301dhoeksk, W\u00e2ldfrysk, and Klaaifrysk.\r\n\r\nStandardised Frisian is mainly based on Klaaifrysk but it differs from all three main regional varieties.\r\n\r\nNext to dictionaries and grammar books, standardised Frisian is also codified in teaching materials. You can find out more about Frisian teaching materials in Chapter 2.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nBesides West Frisian in Frysl<\/span>\u00e2n (dark blue), other Frisian languages are <\/span>Sater Frisian and North Frisian both spoken in Germany.\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nSaterfrisian is used in some villages (light blue) near Cloppenburg in the federal state of Lower Saxony.<\/span>\r\n\r\nNorth Frisian can be found in parts of western Schleswig-Holstein (blue).\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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[h5p id=\"12\"]<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\nIn the next section you will learn more about the people that speak Frisian.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\nGerbrich de Jong, Eric Hoekstra 2020: A general introduction to Frisian https:\/\/taalportaal.org\/taalportaal\/topic\/pid\/topic-14225224491227143 [18-10-2022]\r\n\r\nProvinsje Frysl\u00e2n. (2020). De Fryske Taalatlas: Fryske Taal yn Byld. [The Frisian Language Atlas:\r\nFrisian Language in Image]. Ljouwert\/Leeuwarden: Provinsje Frysl\u00e2n.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.freeworldmaps.net\/de\/europa\/reliefkarte-europa-hd.jpg","rendered":"

Where can you find Frisian? Below you will find basic information about the areas where Frisian can be found, whether there is only one Frisian language, or in which contexts people can make use of it.<\/p>\n

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Do you already know where Frisian is spoken? Click on the image to see if you can find the correct area!<\/p>\n

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The Frisian that we will learn about in this module is spoken in the Dutch province of Frysl\u00e2n. Some people call it West Frisian in order to differentiate it from two other Frisian languages that are spoken in Germany. These languages are called North Frisian and Sater Frisian. With approximately 450.000<\/a> speakers[1]<\/sup><\/a> (Klinkenberg et al 2018, taalportaal, taalatlas 2020), the Frisian that is spoken in Frysl\u00e2n is the Frisian language with the biggest number of speakers.<\/p>\n

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