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
Enge-Sande
Enge-Sande is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
References
Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Nordfriesland
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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 ...
,
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...
. 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.
References
North Frisian language
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