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What is Frisian?:         Frisian is the closest living language to English that is distinctly a separate language--not a separate dialect. It is spoken (by some) in Fryslân (in the Netherlands), the Frisian Islands (between the Netherlands and the UK) as well as some places in Germany. There are many dialects that are spoken, but it is an endangered language. It is closer to Middle English than Modern English and its situation is very similar to that of Middle English except with Neðerlands (Dutch) as a stronger influence than Norse or French. Links/Ferwizings Listen to Frisian Radio at Omrop Fryslân. Noord Nederlandsche Boekhandel An Excellent Source for Obtaining Frisian Reading and Learning Materials Learn about and how to speak Frisian. Frisian Culture and History The only West Frisian Grammar text written in English The Frisian Academy/Fryske Akademy Comprehensive offline English-Frisian dictionary available. Frisian Pop Music Send electronic greeting cards with Frisian slogans (Klik op 'kaarten') Some Frisian History (in English) Fryskeside Anglo-Saxon information It Bildt Menaldumadeel Leeuwarderadeel Drink Weduwe Joustra bearenburch en geniet der fan!

The following books all relate in one way or another to World War I and II, and are listed in order of history

• The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers
  The world's first spy novel takes place in Frisian waters mostly off of the German coast shortly before World War I begins. The book is tightly based on a true story, and was written as propoganda to convince the British government to fortify the North Sea in preparation for an attack by the German empire (it worked).
• De Fûke, by Rink van der Felde
• The Trap, by Rink van der Felde (English translation of De Fûke by Henry J. Baron)
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• De Fûke DVD (ok, not to read, but...) movie is in Frisian with Dutch subtitles only.
• It Wrede Paradys: libbensferhalen fan Fryske folksferhuzers, by Hylke Speerstra
• Cruel Paradise: life stories of Dutch (really Frisian) emigrants, by Hylke Speerstra (English translation by Henry J. Baron)