What language is most similar to Frisian?

English
Its closest living genealogical relatives are the Anglic languages, i.e. English and Scots (Anglo-Frisian languages); together with the also closely related Low Saxon dialects the two groups make up the group of North Sea Germanic languages.

How similar are Frisian and English?

In terms of sentence structure and vocabulary, Frisian appears to be about 50\% similar to Dutch. Some Frisian words resemble English: grien and tsiis. You might find it hard to believe these are like English, but if I pronounced them aloud, you would hear “green” and “cheese.”

Why is English close to Frisian?

Overall, the closeness of the Anglo-Frisian languages is partly from shared vocabulary, and mostly because of how recently they were mutually intelligible. By those standards, linguists actually consider Scots more closely related than Frisian – among those who don’t simply consider it a dialect of English.

How similar are the Frisian and English languages?

Here’s a poem in both languages that shows how similar they can be: Frisian: Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk. English: Butter, bread, and green cheese is good English and good Fries. The poem is pronounced about the same in either language. Here are some more examples: Wat is dit? What is this? Wat kostet dit?

What’s the difference between Frise and Frisian?

There’s a saying, “”Butter, bread, and green cheese is good English and good Frise”. But the spellings have diverged radically: the Frisian is “Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk.”

Where is Frisian spoken in Germany?

North Frisian is spoken by about 10,000 people in Schleswig-Holstein in northwestern Germany. Sater Frisian is spoken by about 2000 people in Lower Saxony, next to Schleswig-Holstein. West Frisian is spoken by around 350,000 people in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, and is usually called just Frisian.

What is the difference between Frisian and Dutch?

West Frisian is strongly influenced by Dutch. The other Frisian languages, meanwhile, have been influenced by Low German and German. Stadsfries and West Frisian Dutch are not Frisian, but Dutch dialects influenced by West Frisian.