Frisian
- noun
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frisón
- She learned to speak Frisian during her stay in Friesland.
Examples
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The Frisian language is still spoken by thousands of people in the Netherlands and Germany.
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I am learning Frisian to communicate with my relatives in Friesland.
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Many linguists study Frisian because of its close similarity to English.
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Have you ever heard someone speak Frisian?
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Many linguists study Frisian because of its close similarity to English.
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She learned to speak Frisian during her stay in Friesland.
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The Frisian language is still spoken by thousands of people in the Netherlands and Germany.
Synonyms
A language spoken in Friesland, northwestern Netherlands, and closely related to English
Compounds
A group of islands in the North Sea near the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark
A language spoken in Friesland, northwestern Netherlands, and closely related to English
- Specialized
A language spoken in Friesland until the 1500s that is the ancestor of modern Frisian
- Specialized
A Germanic language spoken in coastal Netherlands and Germany until the 1500s that later became modern Frisian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frisian names the language of the region Frisia by the North Sea, and it is closely related to English because both grew from the same old Germanic group of languages. So the Frisian language often feels familiar to English speakers and shares some similar words.
