Frisian (partially)

E72589
Germanic language West Germanic language group

Frisian (partially) is a group of closely related West Germanic languages spoken mainly in the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany, known for being the closest living relatives of English.

Aliases (8)
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic language →
West Germanic language group →
areMinorityLanguageIn Lower Saxony →
Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED →
areOfficialLanguageIn Friesland NERFINISHED →
areTaughtIn schools in Friesland →
areUsedIn local media in Friesland →
regional administration in Friesland →
closestLivingRelativeOf English →
surface form: "English language"
culturallyAssociatedWith Frisian identity →
Frisian literature →
hasCharacteristic closestLivingRelativesOfEnglish →
highMutualInfluenceWithDutch →
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Dutch language →
English →
surface form: "English language"
hasNotableSimilarityTo Old English →
hasOrthographicStandard West Frisian standard orthography →
hasPhonologicalFeature frontRoundedVowels →
hasStatus minority language in Germany →
regional language in the Netherlands →
hasSubdivision North Frisian →
surface form: "North Frisian language"

Saterland Frisian →
surface form: "Saterland Frisian language"

West Frisian →
surface form: "West Frisian language"
historicalAncestor Old Frisian →
surface form: "Old Frisian language"
ISO639FamilyCode fry →
languageFamily Indo-European language family →
surface form: "Indo-European languages"
partOf Anglo-Frisian dialects →
surface form: "North Sea Germanic continuum"
recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
region Frisia →
North Sea coast →
sharesCommonAncestorWith Dutch →
surface form: "Dutch language"

English →
surface form: "English language"

Low German →
spokenIn Germany →
Netherlands →
spokenMainlyIn northern Netherlands →
northwestern Germany →
subclassOf Anglo-Frisian dialects →
surface form: "Ingvaeonic languages"

Anglo-Frisian dialects →
surface form: "North Sea Germanic languages"
typologicalFeature SVO word order →
grammatical gender →
strongAndWeakVerbDistinction →
vowelMutation →
usedBy Frisians →
surface form: "Frisian people"
writingSystem Latin script →
Referenced by (18)

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

Proto-Germanic → ancestorOf → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian languages"
Proto-West Germanic → ancestorOf → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian languages"
Old Frisian → ancestralTo → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "West Frisian"
Flag of Friesland → associatedWith → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian language"
High German consonant shift → distinguishesFrom → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian"
Antje van Uylenburgh → ethnicGroup → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian"
Friesland → ethnicGroup → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisians"
Sjoukje Ozinga → ethnicGroup → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian"
Middle Frisian → followedBy → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Modern Frisian"
Old Frisian → hasDescendant → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Modern Frisian languages"
Ommelanden → historicalLanguage → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian"
Low German → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Frisian (partially) →
Saterland Frisian → languageFamily → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian languages"
Friesland → languageUsed → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "West Frisian"
Saterland Frisian → partOf → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "East Frisian language group"
Friesland → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "West Frisian"
Middle Frisian → subclassOf → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian language"
Old Frisian → subclassOf → Frisian (partially) →
this entity surface form: "Frisian languages"
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