Amrum North Frisian

Amrum Frisian
Amrum Frisian
Öömrang
	A stone displaying a stanza from "Min Öömrang Lun", a traditional song from Amrum island
Native to	Germany
Region	Amrum, Nordfriesland
Native speakers	(undated figure of ca. 800)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Frisian North Frisian Insular Föhr-Amrum Amrum Frisian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	amru1234
Linguasphere	2-ACA-dba
	North Frisian dialects

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. Alongside the Fering, Söl'ring, and Heligolandic dialects, it is part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects, and it bares a close resemblance to Fering. Öömrang is spoken by approximately one-third of Amrum's 2,300 inhabitants.

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