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Mooring (North Frisian dialect)

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Native to
  
Germany

Linguasphere
  
52-ACA-eab

Glottolog
  
moor1245

Mooring (North Frisian dialect)

Region
  
Bökingharde, Nordfriesland

Language family
  
Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Frisian North Frisian Mooring

Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The name Mooring refers to the Risum Bog (Risem Moor or Risem Måår). The dialect forms part of the mainland group of North Frisian dialects.

Mooring is often used as a North Frisian lingua franca, especially on the internet, and there is a Mooring Frisian primary school in Risum-Lindholm.

References

Mooring (North Frisian dialect) Wikipedia