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Frisian language may refer to:
- The Frisian languages, a closely related group of six Germanic languages:
- West Frisian languages (
fry
), a family of four Frisian languages spoken in the Netherlands and often known there simply as the Frisian language- Hindeloopen Frisian, spoken in the city of Hindeloopen and the village of Molkwerum in the Netherlands
- Schiermonnikoog Frisian, spoken on the island of Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
- Terschelling Frisian, spoken on the island of Terschelling, Netherlands. Terschelling Frisian, along with Westlauwers Frisian, form the Westlauwers–Terschellings language family
- Westlauwers Frisian (
fry
), or Western Frisian, spoken throughout West Frisia moreso than any of the other West Frisian languages.
- Saterland Frisian (
stq
), or East Frisian language, spoken in Lower Saxony, Germany - North Frisian (
frr
), spoken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- West Frisian languages (
- East Frisian Low Saxon (
frs
), the West Low German dialect of East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany. The name Frisia specifically refers to the region not its provenance, as the dialect is not a Frisian dialect but a Saxon one.
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