ABSTRACT
Modern-day Frisian is commonly divided into three main dialectal areas: North, East, and West Frisian (see Figure 16.1). North Frisian is spoken by perhaps 10,000 people on the North Frisian islands and along the shores of the North Sea in Schleswig-Holstein, just below the Danish border. Remarkably, this small speech community is split into two major dialect groups: island and mainland North Frisian. Island North Frisian can be further subdivided into separate dialects for the islands of Söl (German Sylt), Feer (Föhr), Oomram (Amrum) and Helgoland. Mainland varieties also differ substantially from one another. No general variety of North Frisian has developed and the dialects are not always mutually intelligible. The Frisian-speaking regions https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315812786/70603329-dd35-4630-b85f-0b64b95b079a/content/fig16_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
