Öömrang

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Öömrang is a variety of the North Frisian language traditionally spoken on the German North Sea island of Amrum.

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Label Occurrences
Öömrang canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Frisian dialect
language variety
belongsTo North Frisian language area
linked to: North Frisian
closelyRelatedTo Fering
Söl'ring
country Germany
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
endonym Öömrang
exonym Amrum Frisian
linked to: Amrum
hasAlternativeName Amrum Frisian dialect
linked to: North Frisian

Amrumer Friesisch
hasCulturalAssociation Amrum local culture
North Frisian cultural heritage
hasDialectGroup Insular North Frisian
linked to: North Frisian
hasOrthographicStandard regional orthography based on Latin alphabet
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct vowel system compared to Standard German
hasPreservationEfforts local language promotion initiatives on Amrum
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language variety in Germany
ISO639-3Code frr
isSpokenBy North Frisians
linked to: Frisians

inhabitants of Amrum
isTaughtIn some schools on Amrum
languageFamily Frisian languages
Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
partOfDialectContinuum North Frisian dialect continuum
linked to: North Frisian
region North Frisian Islands
Schleswig-Holstein
sharesVocabularyWith Dutch
English
Standard German
other North Frisian dialects
spokenIn Amrum
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
subdivisionOf North Frisian language
linked to: North Frisian
traditionalRegion North Frisia
North Frisian Islands
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
rich inflectional morphology
usedAlongside Low German
Standard German
usedFor everyday communication on Amrum
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Frisian hasDialect Öömrang
Öömrang endonym Öömrang
Söl'ring closelyRelatedTo Öömrang