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Wangerooge Frisian
Native to Lower Saxony, Germany
Region Wangerooge
Ethnicity East Frisians
Extinct1953[ citation needed]
Language codes
ISO 639-3(a proposal to use wgf was rejected in 2022 [1])
GlottologNone

Wangerooge Frisian is an extinct dialect of the East Frisian language, formerly spoken on the East Frisian island of Wangerooge. [2] Wangerooge Frisian was a part of the Weser group of dialects which included the Wangerooge and the equally extinct Wursten dialect. [3] The last speaker died in 1953.

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References

  1. ^ "Change Request Documentation: 2021-007". SIL International.
  2. ^ Dammel, Antje; Eitelmann, Matthias; Schmuck, Mirjam (2018-10-15). Reorganising Grammatical Variation: Diachronic studies in the retention, redistribution and refunctionalisation of linguistic variants. John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 27–50. ISBN  978-90-272-6342-1.
  3. ^ "Saterlandic, Part 2: Is Saterfrisian Endangered?". Foundation Operation X for languages, cultures and perspectives. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2022-12-27.