Strand Frisian was a dialect of the
North Frisian language which was originally spoken on
Strand island,
Duchy of Schleswig. Strand was destroyed in the
Burchardi flood of 1634 with its remnants forming the islands
Pellworm and
Nordstrand which are now part of Germany. Strand Frisian is counted among the mainland group of North Frisian dialects.
History
The Frisian language became extinct on Nordstrand in the 17th century while it was spoken on Pellworm until the 18th century. After the 1634 flood, refugees from Strand brought their dialect to
Wyk auf Föhr where it was spoken until the 19th century. It is still spoken as
Halligen Frisian on the
Halligen
The ''Halligen'' (German, singular ''Hallig'', ) or the ''halliger'' (Danish, singular ''hallig'') are small islands without protective levee, dikes. They are variously pluralized in English as the Halligen, Halligs, Hallig islands, or Halligen i ...
.
Notable works
The most notable piece of literature in Strand Frisian is a translation of
Martin Luther
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's ''
Small Catechism
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'' from the time before 1634. Other works include the "Yn Miren-Söngh"
Morning Songand "Yn Een-Söngh"
n Evening Songby preacher Anton Heimreich (1626–1685) from Nordstrand.
[''M. Anton Heimreichs, weyl. Prediger auf der Insel Nordstrandisch-Mohr, nordfresische Chronik. Zum dritten Male mit den Zugaben des Verfassers und der Fortsetzung seines Sohnes, Heinrich Heimreich, auch einigen andern zur nordfresischen Geschichte gehörigen Nachrichten vermehrt herausgegeben von Dr. N. Falck, Professor des Rechts in Kiel.'' Tondern, 1819, erster Theil, p. 27–30] Knudt Andreas Frerks (1815–1899), a pastor from Wyk, wrote a translation of the
Parable of the Prodigal Son in the Wyk North Frisian dialect.
References
Sources
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* The first part of this is ''1. Nordstrander Sprachproben'' on pp. 1–4.
{{Frisian languages
North Frisian language
Languages of Denmark
North Frisian Islands