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Language code: frr

Technical information about ISO 639 language code frr

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The table below provides technical details for the Northern Frisian language, designated by the frr code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

frr

Name

Northern Frisian

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Mooring (Bökingharde)GoeshardeKarrhardeWiedinghardeHalligenFering (Föhr)Öömrang (Amrum)Söl'ring (Sylt)Halunder (Heligoland)
Related languages
West FrisianSaterland FrisianEnglishDutchLow German
Key facts
Spoken by fewer than 10,000 people and classified as severely endangered by UNESCOits island and mainland varieties can be mutually unintelligiblethere is no single standardized orthography, so spelling often follows local dialect normsNorthern Frisian preserves many archaic North Sea Germanic features lost in other Frisian branchesdictionaries and language courses are available online thanks to recent revitalization efforts.
Sample phrase

Halo, huar as di?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Northern Frisian language, identified by the code frr, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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