Friso-Saxon (Dutch: friso-saksische tongvallen[citation needed], friso-saksisch) is a group of West Germanic dialects found around the North Sea coast of the Netherlands and Germany, in an area historically known as Frisia.[1][2] They are dialects of Low German/Low Saxon that have experienced strong influence from a Frisian language.

The term was established by the Dutch researcher Johan Winkler in his work about Dutch, Low German and Frisian dialects in the region.[3] In the following decades the term was adopted by some of Winkler's successors.[2]

The Friso-Saxon dialects are spoken in areas which were historically Frisian-speaking, until Frisian was gradually replaced with Low Saxon beginning in the Late Middle Ages. However, Frisian has remained as a substratum since then in the regions concerned. The only exception to this rule is Stellingwarfs, a Low Saxon dialect which has undergone influence especially from West Frisian. Most of the other Friso-Saxon dialects underwent most influence from East Frisian, for example East Frisian Low Saxon and Gronings. The, by philological history, not philological categorization Friso-Saxon, Dithmarschen dialect underwent most influence from North Frisian.

Map on varieties in the Netherlands and parts of other countries, the Friso-Saxon varieties being the varieties covering not large areas on the thick border in the Northeast
  Low German/Low Saxon (without the dialects with a substrate of a Frisian language)
  Low German/Low Saxon dialects with a substrate of a Frisian language
  Frisian languages

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References

  1. ^ Franz Manni, Wilbert Heeringa and John Nerbonne. (2006). To what extent are surnames words? Comparing geographic patterns of surname and dialect variation in the Netherlands. Literary and Linguistic Computing, Volume 21, Issue 4, p. 507–527. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fql040
    researchgate.net, containing: "a small Friso-Saxon group (Westerkwartier and Stellingwerf)"
  2. ^ a b cf. Hoppenbrouwers, Cornelis Antonius Johannes / Hoppenbrouwers, Geer A. J. (2001): De indeling van de Nederlandse streektalen: Dialecten van 156 steden en dorpen geklasseerd volgens de FFM. Assen, S. 50ff.
  3. ^ [Note: It only attests the usage of the term; not the introduction of it by J. Winker.]
    Winkler, Johan (1874): Algemeen Nederduitsch en Friesch Dialecticon. 2 Bände. Martinus Nijhoff, 's Gravenhage (cp. dbnl.org); e.g. in vol. 1 on p. 5 as adjective: "de zoogenoemde friso-saksische tongvallen"
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