Saterland Frisian

E29349

Frisian language West Germanic language endangered language minority language

Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frisian language → West Germanic language → endangered language → minority language →
alternativeName	Sater Frisian → Saterländisch-Friesisch → Seeltersk →
closelyRelatedTo	North Frisian → West Frisian →
country	Germany →
distinctFrom	East Frisian Low Saxon →
endangermentStatus	severely endangered →
ethnicGroup	Saterland Frisians →
hasDialects	Ramsloh dialect → Scharrel dialect → Strücklingen dialect →
hasGlottocode	sate1240 →
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Dutch → High German → Low German →
hasLinguisticCode	Linguasphere 52-ACB-ab →
hasMorphologicalFeature	rich inflectional morphology →
hasOrganization	Friesische Rundschau → Seelter Buund →
hasPhonologicalFeature	preservation of many Old Frisian features →
hasStandardForm	Ramsloh-based standard →
hasSyntacticFeature	verb-second word order →
ISO639-3	stq →
languageFamily	Frisian languages → Germanic languages → Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages →
numberOfSpeakers	around 2000 → fewer than 2500 →
partOf	East Frisian language group →
protectedBy	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
recognizedAs	minority language in Germany →
region	Saterland → northwestern Germany →
spokenIn	Germany → Lower Saxony → Saterland →
subclassOf	Ingvaeonic language → North Sea Germanic language →
usedBy	bilingual speakers of German and Saterland Frisian →
usedIn	education in Saterland → local administration in Saterland → local media in Saterland →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saterland Frisian ("Seeltersk") → Saterland Frisian ("Sater Frisian") → Saterland Frisian ("Saterländisch-Friesisch") →	alternativeName
Old Frisian →	ancestralTo
Saterland Frisian ("Saterland Frisians") →	ethnicGroup
Middle Frisian →	hasDescendant
Lower Saxony →	hasMinorityLanguage
Frisian languages ("Saterland Frisian language") →	hasSubdivision
Germans ("Frisians") →	relatedEthnicGroup