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ISO 639-3 · fryfry
Indo-European family

West Frisian

Frysk

West Frisian is a language of the Frisian branch (Indo-European). Wikidata counts about 845,100 speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “West Germanic language spoken in Friesland”.

VulnerableLatn845,100
At a glance
ISO 639-3
fry
ISO 639-1
fy
Glottocode
west2354
Centre point
53.00, 5.60
Wikipedia
79 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
VulnerableUNESCO level

Facts

NameWest Frisian · Frysk
Also calledWestern Frisian, West Lauwers Frisian, West-Frysk, West Frisian language, Frysk
All speakers845,100 (2014)
Written inLatin script
Grammatical genders2 listed in Wikidata

Vitality

UNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this level
family tree

From Indo-European to West Frisian

The branches above West Frisian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

where it is spoken

Distribution map

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.