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Karrharde Frisian is a dialect of the
North Frisian language North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. The language comprises 10 dialects which are themselves divided in ...
spoken in the municipalities of Stedesand and
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in the German '' Amt'' of Südtondern (formerly Karrharde) in the district of
Nordfriesland Nordfriesland (; ; Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost Districts of Germany, district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the e ...
,
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. It is a mainland dialect of North Frisian. The language is in danger of
extinction Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
, having a dwindling number of native speakers and no formal schooling offered to educate younger speakers.


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