Did you know Northern Frisian is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Frisian (North), Frisian (Northern), Frisian, North Frisian, Nordfriesisch, Friesisch, Frisian, Northern
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		frr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Sölreng Helgoland Ferring Wiedingharder Bökingharder Karrharder Nordergoesharder Mittelgoesharder Hallig
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~8,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Language use is most active on western Föhr and in the village of Risum-Lindholm on the mainland. A small number of children learn the language, but few of them continue to use it in adulthood. Most idiolects are heavily influenced by Low Saxon and German.

PLACES: Germany

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the western coast of Schleswig north of Husum including the Halligen Islands and the adjacent islands of Fo¨hr, Amrum, Sylt, and Helgoland; formerly extended to adjacent Denmark.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
60,000

DATE OF INFO: 1976 (Stephens)

PLACES: Germany;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		10,000		10000-99999	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						54.7341,8.7478
		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~8,000		1000-9999	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Language use is most active on western Föhr and in the village of Risum-Lindholm on the mainland. A small number of children learn the language, but few of them continue to use it in adulthood. Most idiolects are heavily influenced by Low Saxon and German.	14	Germany	Spoken on the western coast of Schleswig north of Husum including the Halligen Islands and the adjacent islands of Fo¨hr, Amrum, Sylt, and Helgoland; formerly extended to adjacent Denmark.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												54.5,9.0
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			10,000		10000-99999	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	60,000	10,000	1976 (Stephens)	1000-9999	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Germany;

Northern Frisian

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Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~8,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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Northern Frisian

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~8,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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