History of Frisia
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Frisia is a coastal region in the modern-day northeastern Netherlands and northwestern Germany. In the Iron Age, the ancestors of the modern Frisians first migrated south out of modern day Scandinavia
Statue of Pier Gerlofs Donia, the Frisian folk hero and freedom fighter
Frisian languages
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The Frisian languages are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 400,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
The Brokmerbrief, an Old Frisian text from 1345
Bilingual signs Hindeloopen in Friesland (Netherlands) with the West Frisian name above and the Dutch below
Bilingual sign in Niebüll in North Frisia (Germany) with the German name above and the North Frisian name below
Bilingual sign in Ramsloh, Saterland (Germany) with the German name above and the East Frisian name below