The West Frisian dialect is a dialect spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. It is currently a Hollandic Dutch dialect but it is related to the Frisian-language. It is not to be confused with the spoken language of the Friesland Province internationally indicated with the name West Frisian language (in Dutch simply Fries) although they are related to each other.

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  • The West Frisian dialect is a dialect spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. It is currently a Hollandic Dutch dialect but it is related to the Frisian-language. It is not to be confused with the spoken language of the Friesland Province internationally indicated with the name West Frisian language (in Dutch simply Fries) although they are related to each other. The dialect in itself is not a fixed one, as there is a diverse number of subdialects (sometimes referred to as the West Frisian dialect group) that consists of some widely-spoken regional dialects, namely Wierings in Wieringen, Tessels or Texels in Texel and the dialect of Vlieland known as Vlielands, which has fallen into disuse. The smaller regions and villages, such as Zijpe, Andijk, Enkhuizen and Schagen, have some distinct differences between them. Slightly more different from the rest of the group is Derps, the dialect of the village Egmond aan Zee. The dialect probably descends from a West Frisian language. Nowadays, 2006, a dialect remains. The older language has practically disappeared. Only about 7 to 9% of the people speak the strong dialect or a mixture of strong and light. The light dialect is much more widely spoken but it is also slowly beginning to become lighter and sound more like Dutch. Since the 1970s there has been more interest in reading and writing the dialect, not much was written before since it was mostly a spoken language of the common people.
  • Het West-Fries is een verzamelnaam voor een aantal Nederlandse dialecten die gesproken worden in de provincie Noord-Holland, meer bepaald in de regio West-Friesland. Ook de polders benoorden het oude West-Friesland, de kuststrook van Den Helder tot Castricum, het voormalige eiland Wieringen en het eiland Texel kunnen tot het gebied waar West-Fries gesproken wordt gerekend worden. De West-Friese dialecten bevatten Ingveoons invloeden en behoren tot de Friso-Frankische dialecten, net als het Bildts en het Stadsfries. Belangrijk is dat er geen officiële spelling voor de West-Friese dialecten bestaat. Hierdoor kan iedereen zelf de spelwijze van het dialect bepalen, zolang de woorden op de juiste manier worden uitgesproken. De spelling die in dit artikel gebruikt wordt is één van de manieren waarop het gespeld kan worden. Naast deze spellingswijze bestaat er nog een bekende spelling, namelijk de spelling volgens de West-Frieze-Styk. Verderop in dit artikel leest u meer over de spelling volgens de West-Frieze-Styk.
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  • June 2008
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  • The West Frisian dialect is a dialect spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. It is currently a Hollandic Dutch dialect but it is related to the Frisian-language. It is not to be confused with the spoken language of the Friesland Province internationally indicated with the name West Frisian language (in Dutch simply Fries) although they are related to each other.
  • Het West-Fries is een verzamelnaam voor een aantal Nederlandse dialecten die gesproken worden in de provincie Noord-Holland, meer bepaald in de regio West-Friesland. Ook de polders benoorden het oude West-Friesland, de kuststrook van Den Helder tot Castricum, het voormalige eiland Wieringen en het eiland Texel kunnen tot het gebied waar West-Fries gesproken wordt gerekend worden.
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  • West Frisian (dialect)
  • West-Fries (dialectgroep)
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