Sylt Frisian, or ''Söl'ring'', is the

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

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 on the island of

Sylt Sylt (; ; Söl'ring North Frisian: ) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Fris ...

in the

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region of

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. ''Söl'ring'' refers to the ''Söl'ring'' Frisian word for Sylt, ''Söl''. Together with the Fering,

Öömrang Amrum Frisian, also known as ''Öömrang'', is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Amrum in the North Frisia region of Germany. ''Öömrang'' refers to the ''Öömrang'' Frisian name of Amrum, which is ''Oomram''. Al ...

, and Heligolandic dialects, it forms part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects. It differs from the mainland dialects because of its relatively strong Danish influence. Due to mass

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on Sylt, the dialect has been largely displaced by forms of

and ''Söl'ring'' is spoken only by a few hundred people, many of whom no longer reside on Sylt. Although it is taught in several

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, its prospects for survival are unfavorable compared with other insular dialects. An online dictionary is available for looking up

to ''Söl'ring'' translations and vice versa.

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References

* Boy P. Möller: Söl'ring Uurterbok, 308 S., Sändig Reprint (fan 1916), 1993 * Erk-Uwe Schrahé: Deutsch-Söl’ring. Wortliste zum Söl’ring Uurterbok von Boy P. Möller, 45 S., ain Forlach, Raantem 1990 * Birgit Kellner: ''Sölring Uurterbok. Wörterbuch der sylterfriesischen Sprache.'' 840 S., . Söl‘ring Foriining e.V., Kairem/Söl 2006 en 2017 * Hermann Schmidt: Wörterbuch Hochdeutsch/Sylterfriesisch, 64 S., Söl'ring Foriining 1972 * Hermann Schmidt: Wörterbuch der Sylterfrieischen Sprache, 88 S., Söl'ring Foriining 1969 * Nann Mungard: Ein Inselnordfriesisches Wörterbuch, I (aa – of), 150 S., Hermes, 1913, prentet 1974 * Tams Jörgensen: V. Tams Jörgensen: Snaak friisk/Interfriisk Lexikon, Verlag Nordfriisk Instituut, Bräist/Bredstedt 1981, eeđerprentet 1993 , 131 Siren * Kurt Pohlmann: Spraakföörer Dütsk – Sölring – Weestfriisk, 48 S., Selbstverlag, 1976

External links

Sölring Online Dictionary (academic project)Podcast & Radio in North Frisian (incl. Söl'ring)Learn North Frisian (Söl'ring)

Learn Söl'ring 2.0
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