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Preferred term

frsEastern Frisian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • East Frisian Low Saxon is a West Low German dialect spoken in the East Frisian peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony. It is used quite frequently in everyday speech there. About half of the East Frisian population in the coastal region uses Platdüütsk. A number of individuals, despite not being active speakers of Low Saxon, are able to understand it to some extent. However, both active and passive language skills are in a state of decrease.

Entry terms

  • East Frisian Low Saxon
  • Frisian, Eastern

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • frs

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • frs

ISO 639-3 code

  • frs

Notation

  • frs

In other languages

  • frison oriental

    French

  • Ostfriesisch

    German

  • Ostfriesisches Platt
  • frisone orientale

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • frisão oriental
  • frisón oriental

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/frs

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