Amrum North Frisian

Amrum Frisian
Öömrang
A stone displaying a stanza from "Min Öömrang Lun", a traditional song from Amrum island
Native toGermany
RegionAmrum, Nordfriesland
Native speakers
(undated figure of ca. 800[citation needed])
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologamru1234
Linguasphere2-ACA-dba[1]
North Frisian dialects

Amrum Frisian, also known as Öömrang, is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Amrum in the North Frisia region of Germany. Öömrang refers to the Öömrang Frisian name of Amrum, which is Oomram. Alongside the Fering, Söl'ring, and Heligolandic dialects, it is part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects, and it bears a close resemblance to Fering. Öömrang is spoken by approximately one-third of Amrum's 2,300 inhabitants.

  1. ^ "o" (PDF). The Linguasphere Register. p. 235. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

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