Alternate Names: Ostfriesisch
Dialects: None known. Not intelligible of Frisian , of the Netherlands or Northern Frisian , (1978 E. Matteson) or Saterfriesisch , (2001 W. Smidt). Lexical similarity: 77% with Standard German ,, 74% with Frisian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,000 (2003). Population total all countries: 5,120.
Language Use: Language of the home for 1,500 to 2,000 (1977 SIL). Mainly older adults (2001). Used as L2 by Saterfriesisch [stq].
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Germany