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.

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Generate an image of Middle Frisian (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 ⓘ