West Frisian, or simply Frisian, is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spok
Bilingual West Frisian–Dutch signs in Hindeloopen
Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the late 13th century and the end of the 16th century. It was spoken by Frisians who comprised a loose confederacy along the North Sea coast fro
A page of the Brokmerbrief (1345)
A reproduction of a wall painting at Münster Cathedral showing Frisians offering gifts to the cathedral's patron
The Hunsingo Statutes [fy; nl], originally formulated in 1252, is one of the oldest surviving Old Frisian texts. This copy dates to about 1350.
Old Frisian vocabulary was influenced by the Christianization of the Frisians.