Social:Wangerooge Frisian

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Short description: Extinct East Frisian dialect of Germany
Wangerooge Frisian
Native toLower Saxony, Germany
RegionWangerooge
EthnicityEast Frisians
Extinct1953[citation needed]
Indo-European
  • Germanic
    • West Germanic
      • North Sea Germanic
        • Anglo-Frisian
          • Frisian
            • East Frisian
              • Wangerooge Frisian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Wangerooge Frisian is an extinct dialect of the East Frisian language, formerly spoken on the East Frisian island of Wangerooge.[1] Wangerooge Frisian was a part of the Weser group of dialects which included the Wangerooge and the equally extinct Wursten dialect.[2] The last speaker died in 1953.

See also

  • Frisia
  • Frisian Islands
  • East Frisians

References

Template:Frisian languages