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Frisian
Properties
| Code (ISO-3) | fry |
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| Code (ISO-2) | fy |
| Self name | Frisian |
| Words in dictionary | 8,971 |
| Examples | 461 |
Linguistics
| Text direction | LTR |
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| Alphabet | Latin |
| Characters | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z |
| Numbers | 0123456789 |
| punctuation | !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~«°»–—‘’“”… |
| End-of-clause markers | !.? |
| End-of-sentence markers | !,.;? |
| Word delimitation | Space |
| Stop words |
History
Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by about half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. The ancient Frisians figured prominently in North European history. They were especially noted as traders and raiders during the Viking Age. After Scots, Frisian is the closest related living language to English (not including English dialects and pidgins).
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