Marie Tångeberg (Frisian / Friesisch / Friisk / Frysk) part 1(2).flv

[ArgotMay]

The 13th Germanic tribe.

[SuperMikeyLive]

Hello from Tallahassee, Florida. USA

[EdwarDixie]

sounds more like Danish to me

[Hollandia777]

@EdwarDixie

Northern Frisians do look danish as well. Actually, though being very speical ethnic group, culturally they still have much more in common with Denmark than with the rest of Germany, especially with its middle and southern parts. (By the way - "dutch" Frisians do not understand Northern Frisians dialects completely!)

[IllyBidol]

@Hollandia777

All speakers of North Frisian are at least bilingual (North Frisian and Standard German). Many are trilingual (North Frisian, Standard German and Low German) and, especially along the Danish border, quadrilingualism used to be widespread (North Frisian, Standard German, Low German and South Jutlandic).

[Hollandia777]

@IllyBidol + certain commands of Rigsdansk, Petuh & English. Well, North Friesland, probably, belongs to Europe's most multilingual areas - as well as, say, Switzerland (Rhein Germany, Catalonia, etc.). Besides this, they may boast with the world's most varied landscape!

[Rodeo372]

As wörklik gödj luked. Lukwansch! Ouers en statiif bai e dik wus ai hiinj wään.

[SecularTechnology]

It is hard to belive that this is a very close language to English

[Pawnbroker00]

@SecularTechnology Not close. Similar origins. Not very similar to english. The accent and pronounciation is relatively the same but they evolved differently.. english language has suffered 1000 years of french latin and celtic influences that it is no longer close to german as it should be.

[SecularTechnology]

@Pawnbroker00

It is closer than any other language. to English.

[Pawnbroker00]

@SecularTechnology As i said, similar origins. England is a utopia of different races. The anglo-saxons came from the frisian lands and brought their language with them.

[SecularTechnology]

@Pawnbroker00

It is the closes language resembling Engish, that is a fact. I never said anything about how different they are. Perhaps the closest language is very different.

[FriiskForiining]

@SecularTechnology You shouldn´t compare it to nowadays standard English which is indeed very far from praenormanic Anglo-Saxian. But if you look on the similarities of Frisian to some local English dialects you will easily see the connection. Still 100 years ago fishermen from Norfolk at the east coast of England and North Frisians from the island of Helgoland could communicate easily by using their mother tongues :-)

[HarryBodensson]

@FriiskForiining

You can compare it to Theodisc though. There are examples of Theodisc(Anglo-Saxon)on my home page and videos. It is very similar to north Frisian and Halunder.

[221Dw]

@SecularTechnology I dont think so, though I can't understand it. It feels familiar somehow.