Frisian, Western
A language of Netherlands
| Population | 467,000 (2001 census). |
| Region | North, Friesland. |
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Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands |
| Alternate names | Fries, Frysk |
| Dialects | Westerlauwers Fries, Súdhoeksk, Wâldfrysk, Klaaifrysk. Linguistically between Dutch [nld] and English. Lexical similarity: 71% with Standard German, 61% with English, 74% with Eastern Frisian [frs]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic, West, Frisian |
| Language use | Official language. Over 70% of those in Friesland still speak Western Frisian. Positive attitude. Most also use Dutch. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Low. Radio programs. TV. Bible: 1943–1978. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Has official orthography. |
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