North Frisian language

North Frisian
North Frisian
Sylt: Nuurđfriisk; Föhr/Amrum: nuurdfresk; Heligoland: Noorfriisk; Wiedingharde/Halligen: nordfreesk; Mooring: nordfrasch; Karrharde: nordfräisch; Central Goesharde: noordfreesch
	Bilingual sign in German and North Frisian, respectively, in Husum, Germany
Native to	Germany
Region	North Frisia
Ethnicity	North Frisians
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1976)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian? Frisian North Frisian; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Germany Schleswig-Holstein;
Regulated by	Nordfriisk Instituut
Language codes
ISO 639-2	frr
ISO 639-3	frr
Glottolog	nort2626
ELP	Northern Frisian
Linguasphere	52-ACA-e (varieties:; 52-ACA-eaa to -eak &; extinct -eba & -ebb)
	North Frisian dialects
	North Frisian is classified as Severely Endangered by the ; UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. The language comprises 10 dialects which are themselves divided into an insular and a mainland group.

North Frisian is closely related to the Saterland Frisian language of Northwest Germany and West Frisian which is spoken in the Netherlands.

North Frisian is relict in Denmark.