The West Frisians or, more precisely, the Westlauwers Frisians, are those Frisian peoples in that part of Frisia administered by the Netherlands: the Province of Friesland, which is bounded in the wes
North Frisians are the inhabitants of the district of Nordfriesland in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Used in a narrower sense, the term also refers to an ethnic sub-group of the Frisia
West Frisians
…refer to the inhabitants of the unconnected region of West Friesland and not to the Westlauwers Frisians. The Westerlauwers Frisians are related to the North Frisians and the eastern Frisians (East Frisians, Saterland Frisians etc.). Whilst many East Frisians had lost their Frisian language by the late Middle Ages…
The coat of arms of North Frisia and the motto "Lever duad as Slav" (Better dead than slave!). The coat of arms of North Frisia is not identical with that of the district of Nordfriesland.