Middle Frisian

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Middle Frisian is a historical West Germanic language stage spoken in the Frisian regions roughly between the 16th and 19th centuries, forming a key link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian varieties.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Middle Frisian canonical 3
East Frisian Middle Frisian 1
Middle West Frisian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language
historical language
stage of Frisian language
closelyRelatedTo Middle Dutch
Middle Low German
endTime 19th century
era Early Modern period
followedBy Modern Frisian
linked to: Frisian (partially)
follows Old Frisian
hasAlternativeName Middle West Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian
hasAncestor Old Frisian
hasDescendant North Frisian
Saterland Frisian
West Frisian
hasDialect East Frisian Middle Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian

North Frisian Middle Frisian
linked to: North Frisian

West Frisian Middle Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian
hasFeature case distinctions
grammatical gender
rich inflectional morphology
strong and weak verb classes
hasInfluenceFrom Dutch
Low German
hasInfluenceOn Modern West Frisian orthography
Modern West Frisian vocabulary
hasRole link between Old Frisian and modern Frisian
hasTimeSpan circa 1500–1800
ISOStatus historical language (no modern ISO 639-3 code)
languageFamily Frisian
Indo-European
West Germanic
partOf Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
sharesFeatureWith Old English
Old Saxon
startTime 16th century
status extinct
subclassOf Frisian language
linked to: Frisian (partially)
typology fusional language
usedFor administrative records
legal documents
religious texts
usedIn Dutch Republic
Frisia
linked to: Friesland

Frisian regions
linked to: Friesland

present-day Germany
linked to: Germany

present-day Netherlands
linked to: Netherlands
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Frisian dialects hasPart Middle Frisian
Old Frisian followedBy Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian hasDialect West Frisian Middle Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian hasDialect East Frisian Middle Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian
Middle Frisian hasAlternativeName Middle West Frisian
linked to: Middle Frisian
Frisia historicalLanguage Middle Frisian