Middle Frisian

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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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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	Modern Frisian →
follows	Old Frisian →
hasAlternativeName	Middle West Frisian →
hasAncestor	Old Frisian →
hasDescendant	North Frisian → Saterland Frisian → West Frisian →
hasDialect	East Frisian Middle Frisian → North Frisian Middle Frisian → 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 → West Germanic →
partOf	Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages →
sharesFeatureWith	Old English → Old Saxon →
startTime	16th century →
status	extinct →
subclassOf	Frisian language →
typology	fusional language →
usedFor	administrative records → legal documents → religious texts →
usedIn	Dutch Republic → Frisia → Frisian regions → present-day Germany → present-day Netherlands →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Middle Frisian ("West Frisian Middle Frisian") → Middle Frisian ("East Frisian Middle Frisian") →	hasDialect
Old Frisian →	followedBy
Middle Frisian ("Middle West Frisian") →	hasAlternativeName
Anglo-Frisian dialects →	hasPart