Middle Frisian

E23969
West Germanic language historical language stage of Frisian language

Middle Frisian is a historical West Germanic language stage spoken in the Frisian regions roughly between the 16th and 19th centuries, forming a key link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian varieties.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Middle Frisian canonical 3
East Frisian Middle Frisian 1
Middle West Frisian 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
stage of Frisian language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Middle Dutch ⓘ
Middle Low German ⓘ
endTime 19th century ⓘ
era Early Modern period ⓘ
followedBy Frisian (partially) ⓘ
surface form: Modern Frisian
follows Old Frisian ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Middle Frisian ⓘ
surface form: Middle West Frisian
hasAncestor Old Frisian ⓘ
hasDescendant North Frisian ⓘ
Saterland Frisian ⓘ
West Frisian ⓘ
hasDialect Middle Frisian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Frisian Middle Frisian

North Frisian ⓘ
surface form: North Frisian Middle Frisian

Middle Frisian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Frisian Middle Frisian
hasFeature case distinctions ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
strong and weak verb classes ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Dutch ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Modern West Frisian orthography ⓘ
Modern West Frisian vocabulary ⓘ
hasRole link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian ⓘ
hasTimeSpan circa 1500–1800 ⓘ
ISOStatus historical language (no modern ISO 639-3 code) ⓘ
languageFamily Frisian ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European

West Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: West Germanic
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Old English ⓘ
Old Saxon ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Frisian (partially) ⓘ
surface form: Frisian language
typology fusional language ⓘ
usedFor administrative records ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Dutch Republic ⓘ
Friesland ⓘ
surface form: Frisia

Friesland ⓘ
surface form: Frisian regions

Germany ⓘ
surface form: present-day Germany

Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: present-day Netherlands
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Frisian dialects → hasPart → Middle Frisian ⓘ
Old Frisian → followedBy → Middle Frisian ⓘ
Middle Frisian → hasDialect → Middle Frisian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Frisian Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian → hasDialect → Middle Frisian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Frisian Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian → hasAlternativeName → Middle Frisian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle West Frisian
Frisia → historicalLanguage → Middle Frisian ⓘ