Saterfriesisch

A language of Germany

Friesen, Saterfriesen, Saterfriesiesch, Saterlandic, Saterlandic Frisian, Saterländisch, Seeltersk

2,000 (2015 A. Remmers).

Niedersachsen state: Cloppenburg district, Saterland municipality, Ramsloh, Scharrel, and Strücklingen towns.

7 (Shifting). Statutory language of provincial identity in Niedersachsen (1997, Constitution, Article 3(3) as amended).

None known. Not intelligible of Frisian [fry] and Northern Frisian [frr] (2015 A. Remmers).

Adults only, mostly middle-aged or older (Salminen 2007). Shifting to Standard German [deu]. Also use East Frisian Low Saxon [frs].

Literacy rate in L2: High in German [deu].

Christian.