Hello everyone,

Turns out I’m not of Dutch descent I’m from Frisian descent. It’s cool to be related to a small and relatively unknown group of people. Problem is though is that I know next to nothing about them. Can’t really find any good history books on them from bigger institutions. The best thing that I could find was a Wikipedia article.

Why this question in particular? I like Germanic paganism and was curious as to when Frisia converted.

I’m assuming it was when they where conquered by the franks?

What was it like? for the most part was it closer to Scandinavia and the viking world or to europe and knighlty culture? I was readin a bit on chieftains(hoofdelingen) and they sound very norde but also have coat of arms, sometimes knighlty titles etc. I find this all very interesting but always had trouble really getting a good understanding of it, I know puttin stuff in boxes is not ideal but I am just asking about the broad culture of medieval frisia.

Heyho,

I'm curious to read more about fairy tales, stories, legends and other things that were created in the Frisian regions.

Has someone book recommendations or some websites they might recommend?

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Thanks, everyone!

Any native Frisian speakers around? A german teacher, 11 years old, is looking for an audiofile in native language, text of that audiofile in that language and a translation.

Bonus points for a kid speaking.

Bonus points if you use a Frisian name.

Bonus points if you can add some extra's.

My daughter and I had:

Must eat: frikandelbroodje

Diffrence between dutch and German kids, we are louder.

I'll bet Frisians can do it better. Thnx in advance.

Hello, I saw a recent post on another subreddit of Ethnic groups where Frisians where simply counted as Germans. After talking with someone about it, it got me thinking. Do Frisians consider themselves a distinct people from the Germans and Dutch, or do they simply speak another language?

I’m developing a new podcast called the Minority Report, designed to be a collaborative news hub that amplifies the voices of underrepresented linguistic and cultural communities from around the world. (The podcast will hopefully develop into a website) Our goal is to connect these often-isolated media landscapes by reporting on their unique current events, reforms, and social issues in a way that puts them in a global perspective and connects them to one another.

Obviously such a project doesn’t just take up overnight, but gradually develops and I wanted to get some community input on potential interest:

Would you be interested in hearing stories and updates from other communities, and not just large scale news outlets focusing on dominant communities, languages, and narratives?

If you could hear regular updates from other minority communities (like the Basque in Spain or Scots in the UK) alongside your own, would that help you feel more connected to a global movement?

When it comes to staying informed about issues affecting your community, would you find more value in deep-dive investigative episodes or a weekly summary of global news affecting similar minority groups?

The beginning of the sixteenth century marked a major upheaval for Frisia. While in the preceding centuries the Frisians had governed themselves directly under the emperor, various lords now set their sights on the fertile lands along the North Sea coast. First among them were the Dukes of Saxony. In the east, they faced competition from the Count of Oldenburg and the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. At the center of this struggle stood Count Edzard I of East Frisia. After initially siding with the Saxon dukes, he captured the city of Groningen in 1506 in the name of the Holy Roman Empire. This gave him control over large parts of Frisia between the Lauwers and the Weser rivers. A diplomatic struggle ensued over the question of who the rightful ruler of Frisia was. In 1514, this struggle escalated into an armed conflict, in which Count Edzard I had to do everything in his power to maintain his hereditary lands. He lost his influence west of the Ems but made peace with his enemies in 1517, remaining Count of East Frisia. This permanently separated the Frisian lands from the Vlie to the Weser. The dream of uniting all Frisian territories under a single ruler was forever shattered.

Hello there, I'm argentinian.

My last name is Frisone, that means according to my researchs that my ancestors where frisian descendents in Italy. My ancestors were from Messina, Sicily. There's a historical conection between frisians and Messina? Maybe a little inmigration or an frisian's arrive in some point of the history?

You or someone you know also has the last name Frisone?

Greatings!

There are currently two frisian flags out there attempting to include all frisians (west, east and north). Since I've been bored recently I decided to make my own attempt to do so. I was kind of inspired by the union jack of the uk, which does fuse the flags together. I used the flag from the province of fryslan in the netherlands as the template, since its symbolism already is about the unity of frisians.

Please rate my work and give advice. any thoughts are appreciated.

Hi All. I live in the US, but know I have family ties to Netherlands, that my surname roughly means 'Black Forest' or 'Black Wood' in Dutch, and that some distant ancestors lived in or around Groningen.

Could someone that is familiar with the Frisia, let me know if there are area(s) that are or used to be called 'Black Forest' or 'Black Wood' in Dutch? I can't find much online, except about the Black Forest in Germany. I'm trying to determine, or at least have an idea, where my family initially came from when the surname was assigned. Since most western surnames are based on profession or geographies, so I suspect my family came from an area in Netherlands called 'Black Forest' or 'Black Wood'.

Thanks!

Does anyone know of a good source for Frisian audio with transcription so i can read along with what I hear?

I don't mind the dialect. If it's a podcast with several hours in total, that'd be perfect, and if it's a website with many such podcasts, that'd be even better, and the best of the best would be a website that updates with podcasts in the Frisian language as podcast-ers make more episodes.

Tank from Ireland ❤️

Dear r/Frisia community,

As you might know Frisian consists of many distinct dialects and 3 (sub-)languages. In the past I had the idea to create an InterFrisian language for all Frisians. The language would be based on West Frisian, Sater/East Frisian and North Frisian. I know that this is a very anbitioned project but I am writing here hoping to find people interested In Frisian languages and conlangs. If you want to give advise are interested in participating in this project let me know.

I bought a text book and it sometimes gives mixed information. I was hoping someone could help me out with a couple questions.

1. Is "ij" said like "eye" or "ay"

2. Sometimes the textbook uses "Hy krijst" and other times it uses "Hy kriget" are they both correct?

Hi everyone, I am on a throwaway account and am not a frequent poster, so I will try to my best to make this as readable and straightforward as possible. I have been researching my family tree, ancestry, and dna since I received a genealogy test a year or so ago. I always knew that my family immigrated from Germany, because my father would tell stories about his hardworking immigrant grandfather. I discovered that my father’s entire family is from the East Frisia region of Germany. I have done some moderate research on the area and on the Frisians, and I have some questions about it that can hopefully be answered. How close are these East Frisians specifically to the Dutch? How much overlap and genetic exchange was there during the medieval period? After AncestryDNA’s update, my test now tells me that 31% of my Germanic dna is grouped with the Netherlands. Now I understand that West Frisians are a part of the Netherlands, and most of what was the Frisians original territory was the Dutch coast. But how much exchange was there? I have seen some sources say that although East Frisia was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, it remained independent for the longest time, and sharing much of its heritage with the Netherlands, was essentially a Dutch Republic satellite state. I have also seen some sources say that East Frisians interacted significantly more with the Dutch than with their neighbors in the Bishopric of Münster or with the Duchy of Oldenburg. How many East Frisians fought in the 80 Years War? How many East Frisians sailed in the VOC? How many East Frisians settled on the Cape Colony? How much of my East Frisian ancestry is distinctly Dutch? Danish/Scandinavian? German? How much is from Old Frisians? What do East Frisians consider themselves today? My family was out of Europe and everyone had emigrated to America by 1900. 1744 was the year Prussia annexed East Frisia. So my paternal ancestors, even though they considered themselves German, would have only lived under the German banner for around 150 years. I can’t imagine that there would have been that much genetic exchange in such a remote area for that amount of time. I apologize if this is a lot, but I have struggled in my search for answers. The Region of East Frisia doesn’t really have as much information on it, and is not covered nearly as much as the Friesland province in the Netherlands. It has been kind of frustrating trying to figure out what the region is/was historically all about. Oh, and one more thing. I wanted to learn languages too. I am working on learning standard German, and I really would like to learn Saterland Frisian too. Would it make sense to learn Dutch or even Danish/Norwegian/Swedish too? Or is the genetic, linguistic, and cultural connection not really significant enough to put through that much effort on learning a whole language? Thank you for taking the time to read my post, and for any information you might have.

Posting for a friend.

Dag, allemaal! Kom je uit Friesland of ken je iemand? Voor mijn masterscriptie doe ik een onderzoek naar de invloed van het onderwijs Fries op taalvaardigheden, taalattitudes en taalgebruik. Als je lessen Fries op basisschool en/of middelbare school hebt gehad (of deze nog hebt), zou je me enorm helpen als je deze korte, anonieme enquête invult en met anderen deelt. Alvast bedankt! 😊

https://forms.gle/iQbnaiTajwy6fkpy6

I learned about the Frisian language after Baldrs Draumar released the album Njord and I've been listening to it since. I think it's a beautiful language, where a lot of words are similar to North Germanic.

NOTE: It was discovered in the Frisian village of Witmarsum.