Concept information
Preferred term
frsEastern Frisian
Type
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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
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frison oriental
French
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Ostfriesisch
German
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Ostfriesisches Platt
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frisone orientale
Italian
-
Portuguese
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frisão oriental
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frisón oriental
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/frs
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