Mooring_(North_Frisian_dialect)

Bökingharde North Frisian

Bökingharde North Frisian

East-central dialect of North Frisian

Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch), also known as Mooring, is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The dialect forms part of the mainland group of North Frisian dialects.[2]

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

The Mooring subdialects are spoken in the Risum Bog (Risem Moor or Risem Måår). Mooring is often used as a North Frisian lingua franca, especially on the internet, and there is a Mooring Frisian primary school in Risum-Lindholm.

Orthography

Vowels

Capital letters and digraphs
AAaAiAuÄÄäÄiÅÅåEEeIIiOOoOuÖÖöÖiUUuÜÜü
Lowercase letters and digraphs
aaaaiauääääiåååeeeiiioooouööööiuuuüüü
IPA value
aaːaiauɛɛːɛiʌʌːɛ, ə[lower-alpha 1]eːi, ɪiːɔɔːɔuœœːœiʊuːʏyː
  1. unstressed pronunciation

Consonants

Capital letters and digraphs
BChDDjFGHJKLLjMNNgNjPRSSchTTjW
Lowercase letters and digraphs
bchddjfghjklljmnngnjprsschttjw
IPA value
bxd/dj/, [ɟ]fɡ, w, j[lower-alpha 1]hjkl/lj/, [ʎ]mnŋ/nj/, [ɲ]pʀs, z[lower-alpha 2]ʃt/tj/, [c]v
  1. /g/ is [w], [j] or deleted intervocalically
  2. /s/ in initial position, /z/ between vowels

References

  1. [1]
    "b" (PDF). The Linguasphere Register. p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Boekingharde" (in German). Nordfriisk Instituut. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2012.


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