Back Friese Afrikaans Frisons AN فريزيون Arabic فريزيون ARZ Frisones AST Фрызы Byelorussian Фризи Bulgarian Frisis Catalan Frísové Czech Ffrisiaid Welsh
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 530,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Friesland | 350,000[3][a] |
| Netherlands (excluding Friesland) | 120,000[4][b] |
| Germany | 60,000[5][c] |
| Canada | 4,590 residents of Canada reported having Frisian ancestry in the 2016 Canadian Census.[6][7] |
| United States | 2,145 (ancestry estimate)[8] |
| Languages | |
| Frisian languages Low Saxon (Friso-Saxon dialects) Dutch (West Frisian Dutch and Stadsfries) German (Missingsch) Danish (Sønderjysk and Southern Schleswig Danish) | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant majority (Calvinists and Lutherans) Roman Catholic minority | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
The Frisians (/ˈfriːʒənz/) are an ethnic group indigenous to the coastal regions of the Netherlands, north-western Germany and southern Denmark, and during the Early Middle Ages in the north-western coastal zone of Flanders,[9] Belgium. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia (which was a part of Denmark until 1864).[10]
The Frisian languages are spoken by more than 500,000 people; West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland) while North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages in Germany.
- ^ "Groep fan Auwerk". www.groepfanauwerk.com. 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Interfriesische Flagge". www.interfriesischerrat.de.
- ^ Gooskens, Charlotte; Heeringa, Wilbert. "The Position of Frisian in the Germanic Language Area". Researchgate. University of Groningen. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version.
- ^ "Die friesische Volksgruppe". Minderheitensekretariat der vier autochthonen nationalen Minderheiten und Volksgruppen (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
Geschätzt 60.000 Menschen sind ihrem Selbstverständnis nach Friesen. [an estimated 60,000 people self identify as Frisian]
- ^ "Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables". www12.statcan.gc.ca/. Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version.
- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ Faber, Hans (8 August 2021). "A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders". Frisia Coast Trail.
- ^ "Herzlich Willkommen". interfriesischerrat.de.
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