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Language variant subtags for North Frisian dialects
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Abstract
This memo describes language variant subtags for dialects of the
North Frisian language including the relevant registration forms for
registration in the Language Subtag Registry and rationale for the
choice of identifiers.
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1. Introduction
North Frisian is a language spoken primarily by the North Frisians,
an autochthonic minority in the north-west of Germany in the district
of Nordfriesland, with approximately 10,000 speakers. The language
is typically divided into two groups of dialects, the mainland
dialects, also spoken on some of the Halligen, and the insular
dialects, spoken on some of the islands in the northern part of the
German Bight. The two groups are further divided in ten main
dialects.
This document proposes twelve language variant subtags to identify
them for use with the ISO 639-2 three-letter code "frr" that
identifies them all as a group, as per [BCP0047]. Twelve instead of
ten because one of the main dialects, Fering-Oeoemrang, consists of
two closely related dialects, Fering and Oeoemrang, and having to
identify Oeoemrang with "fering", which would be the obvious choice
for the combined dialect due to length and character restrictions for
subtags, would be unintuitive.
Further, the Mooring dialect is considered part of the Boekingharder
dialect which is one of the ten main dialects; Mooring however is one
of the dominant dialects and sometimes proposed as the standard
variant of the language, identifying it with the truncated and
transliterated subtag "boeking" would be similarily unintuitive.
Note: Throughout this document, latin characters with a diaeresis
have been transliterated by the typical german convention to replace
them by the latin character followed by the letter "e", so o-umlaut
becomes "oe".
2. Dialects and variant subtags
2.1. Soel'ring
Soel'ring is the dialect associated with the island Sylt on the
german north sea coast. Syltring is an alternative name for the
dialect that is becoming obsolete. It has been chosen as subtag as
the proper name contains characters that are not allowed in subtags
and "syltring" is more commonly used than the transliteration
"soelring".
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: syltring
Description: The Soel'ring dialect of North Frisian
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2.2. Fering
Fering is the dialect associated with the island Foehr on the german
north sea coast. It belongs to the group of insular dialects and
together with Oeoemrang (the dialect of the neighbouring island
Amrum) it is considered one of the ten main dialects. The subtag
"fering" has been chosen as it is identical to the proper name of the
dialect.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: fering
Description: The Fering dialect of North Frisian
2.3. Oeoemrang
Oeoemrang is the dialect associated with the island Amrum on the
german north sea coast. Together with Fering it is considered one of
the ten main dialects and belongs to the insular group of dialects.
"Amring" is an alternate name for the dialect that is becoming
obsolete; it has been chosen as subtag as the proper name contains
characters not permitted in subtags, the transliteration is too long,
and "Amrumer" would make the naming inconsistent with the closely
related Fering dialect.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: amring
Description: The Oeoemrang dialect of North Frisian
2.4. Halunder
Halunder is the insular dialect of the North Frisian language
associated with the island Heligoland in the German Bight. The
subtag "halunder" has been chosen to identify it as it matches the
proper name.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: halunder
Description: The Halunder dialect of North Frisian
2.5. Hallig Frisian
Hallig Frisian is the dialect associated with the Halligen, a number
of islands in the Wadden Sea on the german north sea coast. Even
though the Halligen are islands, it is considered a mainland dialect.
The subtag "hallig" has been chosen as frisian "Halifreesk" and
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standard german "Halligfriesisch" are too long and plain "freesk" is
ambiguous.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: hallig
Description: The Hallig Frisian dialect of North Frisian
2.6. Wiedingharder
Wiedingharder is the mainland dialect associated with the former
administrative division Wiedingharde in the north of Nordfriesland.
All subtags for dialects typically identified by through their
associated Harde are formed by taking the standard german name,
possibly truncated to meet length restrictions, and omitting the
"harder". The names rendered in the dialect cannot be used as they
are either ambiguous or contain characters not allowed in subtags.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: wieding
Description: The Wiedinharder dialect of North Frisian
2.7. Boekingharder
Boekingharder is the mainland dialect associated with the former
administrative division Boekingharde south of the Wiedingharde.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: boeking
Description: The Boekingharder dialect of North Frisian
2.8. Mooring
Mooring is the mainland dialect associated with the Risummoor, a mire
in the east of the Boekingharde. It is usually considered part of
the Boekingharder dialect and further divided into the Westermooring
and the Ostermooring. Alongside Fering, "Frasch" (Mooring) is
considered one of the most important dialects, and it is common to
refer to the Boekingarder dialect as Mooring. The subtag name is the
proper name of the dialect.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: mooring
Description: The Mooring dialect of North Frisian
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2.9. Karrharder
Karrharder is the mainland dialect associated with the former
administrative division Karrharde neighbouring the Nordergoesharde
and the Boekingharde.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: karr
Description: The Karrharder dialect of North Frisian
2.10. Nordergoesharder
Nordergoesharder is the mainland dialect associated with the former
administrative division Nordergoesharde south of the Boekingharde.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: nordgoes
Description: The Nordergoesharder dialect of North Frisian
2.11. Mittelgoesharder
Mittelgoesharder is the mainland dialect associated with the region
between Nordergoesharde and Suedgoesharde.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: mittgoes
Description: The Mittelgoesharder dialect of North Frisian
2.12. Suedergoesharder
Suedgoesharder is the mainland dialect associated with the former
administrative division Suedergoesharde south of the Boekingharde.
Type: variant
Prefix: frr
Subtag: suedgoes
Description: The Suedergoesharder dialect of North Frisian
3. Security Considerations
None beyond those discussed in [BCP0047].
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4. IANA Considerations
This document defines language variant subtags as per [BCP0047].
5. References
[BCP0047] Phillips, A. and M. Davis, "Tags for Identifying
Languages", BCP 47, RFC 5646, September 2009.
Author's Address
Bjoern Hoehrmann
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