Saterland Frisian
E29349
Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T228689 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Saterland Frisian Context triple: [Lower Saxony, hasMinorityLanguage, Saterland Frisian]
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Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian is a historical West Germanic language stage spoken in the Frisian regions roughly between the 16th and 19th centuries, forming a key link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian varieties.
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Old Frisian
Old Frisian is an early medieval West Germanic language, ancestral to modern Frisian, once spoken along the North Sea coast in what is now the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
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Zeelandic
Zeelandic is a West Flemish–related regional language variety spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to standard Dutch.
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Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
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Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Saterland Frisian Target entity description: Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.
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A.
Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian is a historical West Germanic language stage spoken in the Frisian regions roughly between the 16th and 19th centuries, forming a key link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian varieties.
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B.
Old Frisian
Old Frisian is an early medieval West Germanic language, ancestral to modern Frisian, once spoken along the North Sea coast in what is now the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
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C.
Zeelandic
Zeelandic is a West Flemish–related regional language variety spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to standard Dutch.
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D.
Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
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E.
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Frisian language
ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ minority language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Saterland Frisian
ⓘ
surface form:
Sater Frisian
Saterland Frisian ⓘ
surface form:
Saterländisch-Friesisch
Saterland Frisian ⓘ
surface form:
Seeltersk
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
North Frisian
ⓘ
West Frisian ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
East Frisian Low Saxon (partly)
ⓘ
surface form:
East Frisian Low Saxon
|
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Saterland Frisian
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saterland Frisians
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| hasDialects |
Ramsloh dialect
ⓘ
Scharrel dialect ⓘ Strücklingen dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sate1240 ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Dutch
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High German ⓘ Low German ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticCode | Linguasphere 52-ACB-ab ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | rich inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Friesische Rundschau
ⓘ
Seelter Buund ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | preservation of many Old Frisian features ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Ramsloh-based standard ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb-second word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | stq ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Frisian (partially)
ⓘ
surface form:
Frisian languages
Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers |
around 2000
ⓘ
fewer than 2500 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Frisian (partially)
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surface form:
East Frisian language group
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| protectedBy | European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | minority language in Germany ⓘ |
| region |
Saterland
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northwestern Germany ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Germany
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Lower Saxony ⓘ Saterland ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Ingvaeonic language
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North Sea Germanic language ⓘ |
| usedBy | bilingual speakers of German and Saterland Frisian ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Saterland
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local administration in Saterland ⓘ local media in Saterland ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Subject: Saterland Frisian Description of subject: Saterland Frisian is a highly endangered West Germanic minority language spoken by a small Frisian community in the Saterland region of northwestern Germany.
Referenced by (34)
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