Sylt North Frisian

Sylt Frisian, or Söl'ring, is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. Söl'ring refers to the Söl'ring Frisian word for Sylt, Söl'. Together with the Fering, Öömrang, 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.^[2] Due to mass tourism on Sylt, the dialect has been largely displaced by forms of German 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 primary schools, its prospects for survival are unfavorable compared with other insular dialects. An online dictionary is available for looking up German to Söl'ring translations and vice versa.^[3]

Sylt Frisian
Söl'ring
Native to	Germany
Region	Sylt, Nordfriesland
Native speakers	(undated figure of around 500[citation needed])
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Frisian North Frisian Insular Sylt Frisian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	solr1238
Linguasphere	52-ACA-da[1]
North Frisian dialects

Sample text

Söl'ring	English
Üüs Söl’ring Lön’, dü best üüs helig; Dü blefst üüs ain, dü best üüs Lek! Din Wiis tö hual’en, sen wü welig; Di Söl’ring Spraak auriit wü ek. Wü bliiv me di ark Tir forbün’en, Sa lung üs wü üp Warel’ sen. Uk diar jaar Uuning bütlön’ fün’en, Ja leng dach altert tö di hen.	Our Sylter Land, thou art to us holy; Thou art our own, thou art our joy! Thine old ways, to them we hold steadfastly; The Sylter tongue we shall not forget. We are forever to thee bound, So long as on this Earth we live. And those who to the Mainland moved, For you they cannot help but yearn there.

References

1. "s" (PDF). The Linguasphere Register. p. 257. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
2. Walker, Alastair G.H.; Wilts, Ommo (2001). "Die nordfriesischen Mundarten". In Munske, Horst H.; Århammar, Nils (eds.). Handbuch des Friesischen: Handbook of Frisian Studies (in German and English). Tübingen: Niemeyer. p. 284. ISBN 3-484-73048-X.
3. Hüttenrauch, Tanno; Wehar, Michael (2022). An Online Dictionary for Dialects of North Frisian (PDF). Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia @ LREC2022. European Language Resources Association. pp. 88–89. Archived (PDF) from the original on Jul 31, 2023.

Further reading

• Boy P. Möller: Söl'ring Uurterbok, 308 S., ISBN 3-253-02746-5 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., ISBN 3-925735-11-9. 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 ISBN 978-3-88007-215-2, 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