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]

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Bökingharde Frisian
Böökinghiirder frasch
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Bilingual town sign (German-Mooring) in Niebüll
Native toGermany
RegionBökingharde, Nordfriesland
Dialects
  • East Mooring
  • West Mooring
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologmoor1245
Linguasphere52-ACA-eab[1]
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North Frisian dialects
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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
aaiauɛɛːɛiʌʌːɛ, ə[a]i, ɪɔɔːɔuœœːœiʊʏ
  1. unstressed pronunciation

Consonants

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

References

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