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Language code: fry

Technical information about ISO 639 language code fry

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

Code

fry

Name

Official

Western Frisian

Native

Frysk

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Clay FrisianWood FrisianSouthwest Frisian
Related languages
Saterland FrisianNorth FrisianDutchEnglishLow German
Key facts
Considered the closest living continental relative of EnglishKeeps two grammatical genders (common and neuter) and marks case only in pronounsOrthography employs several digraphs such as "oe", "ie" and "ea" to represent single vowel phonemesThe earliest known written Frisian sentence dates from a 13th-century legal documentExtensive lexical borrowing from Dutch coexists with distinct native vocabulary preserved in rural areas
Sample phrase

Hallo, hoe giet it mei dy?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

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