ofs

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ofs is the ISO 639-3 language code for Old Frisian, a historical West Germanic language once spoken in parts of the coastal Netherlands and Germany.

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ofs canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 639-3 language code
West Germanic language
historical language
ancestorOf North Frisian
Saterland Frisian
West Frisian
basicWordOrder SOV
SVO
closelyRelatedTo Old English
Old Saxon
developedFrom North Sea Germanic
Proto-Germanic
documentedIn glosses
legal texts
religious texts
extinctionCentury 16th century
grammaticalGenders feminine
masculine
neuter
hasAlternativeName Aldfrysk
linked to: Elfdalian

Altfriesisch
hasCaseSystem yes
hasGrammaticalGender yes
influenced Modern Frisian languages
ISO639-3Code ofs
languageFamily West Germanic
languageStatus extinct
numberOfCasesApprox 4
partOf Frisian languages
linked to: Frisian (partially)
primarySourcesRegion Frisian coastal areas
region coastal Germany
coastal Netherlands
represents Old Frisian
sharesFeaturesWith Anglo-Frisian languages
spokenAlong North Sea coast
spokenInHistorical Frisia
Germany
Netherlands
standardizedOrthography no
subclassOf Germanic language
Indo-European language
successorLanguage Middle Frisian
timePeriod circa 8th century to 16th century
typology fusional language
usesDefiniteArticle yes
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Old Frisian ISO639-3 ofs