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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 30,000 people in North Frisia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Die Friesen und ihr Friesisch )〕 The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. ==Classification== Like German and English, Frisian belongs to the West Germanic languages. It includes three main varieties: West Frisian, East Frisian (or Saterland Frisian), and North Frisian, each of which comprise a number of regional dialects that are not necessarily mutually intelligible. Despite this regional spread, Frisian is considered an endangered language with overall fewer than 500,000 speakers who live along the coastline of the North Sea from the Netherlands via Germany to Southern Denmark. The closest relatives of North Frisian are the two other Frisian languages, the Saterland Frisian of north-western Lower Saxony, Germany, and the West Frisian language spoken in the northern Netherlands. Together these three sub-groups form the group of Frisian languages. The English language is also closely related to Frisian. The two languages are classified in a common Anglo-Frisian group. Anglo-Frisian is grouped among the Ingvaeonic languages together with Low German. The related Low German has developed differently since Old Saxon times and has lost many Ingvaeonic characteristics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Frisian language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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