Saxon, East Frisian Low

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A language of Germany

ISO 639-3
frs
Alternate Names
Ostfriesisch, Ostfriesisch-Niederdeutsch, Platt
Autonym
Oostfreesk, Plattdüütsk
User Population

200,000 (2015 A. Remmers). No monolinguals.

Location

Niedersachsen state: Ostfriesland, Lower Saxony, northwest of Papenburg, Oldenburg, and Wilhelmshaven towns.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon
Dialects

None known. Not intelligible of Frisian [fry] of the Netherlands or Northern Frisian [frr] (1978 E. Matteson) or Saterfriesisch [stq] (2001 W. Smidt). Lexical similarity: 70% with Low Saxon [nds], 60%–70% with Dutch [nld], 20%–30% with Standard German [deu] (2015 A. Remmers).

Language Use

Adults only. All shifting to Standard German [deu]. Used as L2 by Saterfriesisch [stq].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Saxon, East Frisian Low
Writing

Latin script [Latn].