Westereendersk is a local variety of

Wood Frisian West Frisian, or simply Frisian ( fy, link=no, Frysk or ; nl, Fries , also ), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland () in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most wid ...

and is spoken in De Westereen,

Zwagerbosch Sweagerbosk ( Low Saxon: ''Swoagerbosk'') is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. It had a population of around 638 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nie ...

and Twijzelerheide. The most remarkable feature is the use of ''ee'' where Wood Frisian and most other West Frisian dialects use ''ei'' or ''ij'' . This sound change from and sometimes to brings us some striking similarities with English in spoken or written texts as most differences to standard West Frisian also concern differences to English.

Examples

In the verbs ''lizze'' (to lie, to lay) and ''sizze'' (to say) and in the first person singular of these verbs the is replaced by an . This phenomenon can also be found back in other parts of the Frisian Woods.

De Westereen

When the municipality of

Dantumadiel Dantumadiel () is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture. History The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 12 ...

chose for West Frisian names as official topographical names it was decided to replace the Dutch name ''Zwaagwesteinde'' by ''De Westereen'' instead of ''De Westerein''. Towns like

and Twijzelerheide also speak "Westereender Frisian". However the village is called ''De Westerein'' by most other Frisians, its inhabitants are often called ''Westereenders''. {{Frisian languages West Frisian language Achtkarspelen Noardeast-Fryslân Dantumadiel