Editing Frisian languages (section)

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Saterland and North Frisian<ref>''[[w:de:s:Friesisch-Gesetz|Gesetz zur Förderung des Friesischen im öffentlichen Raum]]'' – [[w:de:s:Hauptseite|Wikisource]] {{in lang|de}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}} are officially recognised and protected as [[minority language]]s in Germany, and West Frisian is one of the two official languages in the Netherlands, the other being [[Dutch language|Dutch]].
[[ISO 639-1]] code <code>fy</code> and [[ISO 639-2]] code <code>fry</code> were assigned to "Frisian", but that was changed in November 2005 to "[[West Frisian language|Western Frisian]]". According to the ISO 639 Registration Authority the "previous usage of [this] code has been for Western Frisian, although [the] language name was 'Frisian{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niso.org/international/SC4/N585.pdf |title=Registration Authority Report 2004-2005 |access-date=2007-11-23 |author=Christian Galinski |author2=Rebecca Guenther |author3=Håvard Hjulstad |pages=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020020306/http://www.niso.org/international/SC4/N585.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The new [[ISO 639]] code <code>stq</code> is used for the [[Saterland Frisian language]], a variety of Eastern Frisian (not to be confused with [[East Frisian Low Saxon]], a [[West Low German]] dialect). The new ISO 639 code <code>frr</code> is used for the [[North Frisian language]] variants spoken in parts of [[Schleswig-Holstein]].

The [http://language-diversity.eu/en/knowledge/regions-of-europe/die-westfriesen-in-den-niederlanden/ Ried fan de Fryske Beweging] is an organization which works for the preservation of the West Frisian language and culture in the Dutch province of [[Friesland]]. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20160125181924/https://www.fryske-akademy.nl/en/thusside/ Fryske Academy] also plays a large role, since its foundation in 1938, to conduct research on Frisian language, history, and society, including attempts at forming a larger dictionary.<ref name="Extra"/>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}} Recent attempts have allowed Frisian be used somewhat more in some of the domains of education, media and public administration.<ref name="Fishman">{{Cite book|title = Can Threatened Languages be Saved?: Reversing Language Shift, Revisited : a 21st Century Perspective|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oScUXmAkRXIC|publisher = Multilingual Matters|date = 2001-01-01|isbn = 9781853594922|first = Joshua A.|last = Fishman}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}} Nevertheless, [[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]] and most dialects of North Frisian are seriously [[endangered language|endangered]]<ref>Matthias Brenzinger, ''Language Diversity Endangered'', Mouton de Gruter, The Hague: 222</ref> and [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] is considered as vulnerable to being endangered.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Atlas of languages in danger {{!}} United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|url = http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/endangered-languages/atlas-of-languages-in-danger/|website = www.unesco.org|access-date = 2015-10-28}}</ref> Moreover, for all advances in integrating Frisian in daily life, there is still a lack of education and media awareness of the Frisian language, perhaps reflecting its rural origins and its lack of prestige<ref name="Deumert">{{Cite book|title = Germanic Standardizations: Past to Present|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NVw9AAAAQBAJ|publisher = John Benjamins Publishing|date = 2003-10-27|isbn = 9789027296306|first1 = Ana|last1 = Deumert|first2 = Wim|last2 = Vandenbussche}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}} Therefore, in a sociological sense it is considered more a dialect than a standard language, even though linguistically it is a separate language.<ref name="Deumert"/>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}}

For [[L2 speakers]], both the quality and amount of time Frisian is taught in the classroom is low, concluding that Frisian lessons do not contribute meaningfully to the linguistic and cultural development of the students.<ref name="Extra"/>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}} Moreover, Frisian runs the risk of dissolving into Dutch, especially in [[Friesland]], where both languages are used.<ref name="Fishman"/>{{Page needed|date=October 2021}}