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ISO 639-3 · stqstq
Indo-European family
Saterland Frisian
Seeltersk
Saterland Frisian is a language of the Frisian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany. Wikidata counts about 1,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “last living dialect of the East Frisian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
stq- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 53.03, 7.72
- Wikipedia
- 66 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saterland Frisian · Seeltersk |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saterfriesisch, Sater Frisian, Saterlandic, stq, Saterland Frisian language |
| All speakers | 1,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Saterland Frisian
The branches above Saterland Frisian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
414Indo-Europeanfamily60Germanicbranch54West Germanicbranch12Anglo-Frisianbranch4FrisianbranchstqSaterland Frisianlanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Germany
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