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North Frisian LanguageNorth Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10000 people in North-Frisia (North Frisian Fraschlnj). There are two main dialectal divisions, between those dialects of the mainland, and the insular dialects. There is no standard variety, although some have suggested the Mainland dialect of Mooring. Samples The sentence displayed below in many variants reads: '"Shine, you old moon, shine", cried Hwelmann, but the moon was nowhere to be seen and neither were the stars; all of them had already gone to bed.' Insular Dialect of Sylt (Sl) Ljucht, ual Muun, ljucht! skriilt Hwelmann, man di Muun wiar narigen t sen en uk di Stiaren ek; ja wiar al altermaal t Ber gingen. Dialect of Fhr (Feer) Locht, ual muun, locht! rep Heewelmaan, man a muun wiar nochhuaren tu sen an a stren uk ei; jo wiar al altermaal tu baad gingen. Dialect of Helgoland Lochte, ool Muun, lochte! rp Hewelman, oawers de Muun wear naarni tu sinn en uk de Steern ni; dja wear al allemoal tu Baad gingen. Dialect of Amrum (mram) Locht, d ual muun, locht! rep Heewelmaan, man a muun wiar nochhuaren tu sen an a stren uk ei; jo wiar al altumaal tu baad gingen. Mainland Dialect of Hoorning (Goesharde) Jocht, uule moune, jocht! biilked Hwelmoon, ors e moune waas nrngs to schns n da steere ok ai; ja weern al aal to beede gingen. Dialect of Wiedingharde Ljocht, uuile moone, ljocht! biilked Hwelmuon, mn e moone was nrgen to schns n uk e steere ai; j wrn al altomoale to beerd gingen. Dialect of Tideland Islands (although it is spoken on islands, it is linguistically grouped with the mainland dialects) Jaacht, uale mne, jaacht! blked Hwelmoon, man de mne woas nrngs to siinen n de steere uk ee; j weern al altomaole to beed giangen. Dialect of Mooring (Bkingharde) Jucht, lje moune, jucht! biiljked Hwelmoon, ouers e moune wus nargne tu schns n e stre uk ai; ja wjarn l ltumle tu beed lim. Note that, despite the incredible differences between the dialects, the dialects of Fhr and Amrum are highly similar; in this example even identical. External link
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