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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Friesland . - adjective this sense?) (Netherlands) Of or pertaining to West Friesland.
- proper noun A language spoken mostly in the province of
Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands; West Lauwers Frisian, one of the three West Frisian languages (or language varieties). - proper noun this sense?) (Netherlands) A
dialect spoken in West Friesland in the province ofNorth Holland , historically related to the language spoken inFriesland .
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Among the other languages featured at Liet this year are Asturian, spoken by about 250,000 residents of northern Spain, Vepsian, with about 6,000 native speakers in Russia's Karelia region and West Frisian, spoken by about half a million people in the north of the Netherlands.
News 2011
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Among the other languages featured at Liet this year are Asturian, spoken by about 250,000 residents of northern Spain, Vepsian, with about 6,000 native speakers in Russia's Karelia region and West Frisian, spoken by about half a million people in the north of the Netherlands.
News 2011
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For instance the Netherlands has to protect West Frisian, Limburgish, Low Saxon, Romani and Yiddish.
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