Söl'ring

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Söl'ring is a variety of the North Frisian language traditionally spoken on the German island of Sylt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Söl'ring canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Frisian dialect
West Germanic language variety
closelyRelatedTo Fering
Öömrang
country Germany
currentUseTrend declining
endangeredStatus severely endangered
hasAlternativeName Sylt Frisian
linked to: North Frisian

Sylter Friesisch
linked to: North Frisian

Sölring Frisian
linked to: North Frisian
hasDialectContinuumWith other Insular North Frisian varieties
hasEndonym Söl'ring
hasExonym Sylter Friesisch
linked to: North Frisian
hasGrammarFeature case distinctions
three-gender system
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Danish
loanwords from Low German
hasPhonologicalFeature palatalization typical of North Frisian
historicalUse primary local language of Sylt
influencedBy Danish
Jutlandic dialects
Low German
Standard German
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
locatedInLanguageAreaOf North Frisian
moreDistantlyRelatedTo Dutch
English
Standard German
numberOfSpeakers very few speakers
partOf Insular North Frisian
linked to: North Frisian
region North Frisia
spokenIn Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt
status minority language variety in Germany
subdivisionOf North Frisian language
subjectOf North Frisian language preservation efforts
taughtIn some local cultural or language courses on Sylt
traditionalRegion Island of Sylt
linked to: Sylt
traditionalUse everyday communication on Sylt
usedByEthnicGroup North Frisians
linked to: Frisians

inhabitants of Sylt
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

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

North Frisian hasDialect Söl'ring
Fering closelyRelatedTo Söl'ring
Öömrang closelyRelatedTo Söl'ring
Söl'ring hasEndonym Söl'ring