East Frisian language

East Frisian
East Frisian
Native to	Germany
Region	East Frisia
Ethnicity	East Frisians
Native speakers	2,000 (2015)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Frisian East Frisian; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Saterland Frisian; Wangerooge Frisian †; Wursten Frisian †;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Germany
Regulated by	Seelter Buund in Saterland/Seelterlound (unofficial)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis); Individual code:; stq – Saterland Frisian
Glottolog	sate1242
Linguasphere	52-ACA
	Present-day distribution of the Frisian languages in Europe: West Frisian North Frisian East Frisian

East Frisian is one of the Frisian languages. Its last surviving dialect is Saterland Frisian spoken in Saterland in Germany.

There once were two main dialects, Ems and Weser. Weser, including the Wursten and Wangerooge dialects, held out until the 20th century. Ems continues with a couple thousand adult speakers of the Saterland dialect.

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