Wood Frisian

Wood Frisian (West Frisian: "Wâldfrysk") is a dialect of the West Frisian language spoken in the eastern part of the Dutch province of Friesland, which is called "Wâlden" (English: "woods"). The dialect is also spoken in parts of Groningen, the province to the east of Friesland.

Comparison with Clay Frisian

Phonological differences

The largest difference between Wood Frisian and the northwestern Clay Frisian dialect are the words "my" ("me"), "dy" ("you"), "hy" ("he"), "sy" ("she" or "they"), "wy" ("we"), and "by" ("by"), which are pronounced in the Wood Frisian as a "mi", "di", "hi", "si", "wi", and "bi" and in Clay Frisian as "mij", "dij", "hij", "sij", "wij", and "bij". Other differences are in the pronouncement of the diphthongs "ei", "ai", and "aai" which are pronounced "ij", "ai", and "aai" in Wood Frisian, but "ôi", "òi", and "ôi" in Clay Frisian. Thus, in Wood Frisian, there is no difference between "ei" and "ij", whereas in Clay Frisian, there is no difference between "ei" and "aai".

Other phonological differences include:

Lexical differences

Sone lexical differences between Wood Frisian and Clay Frisian include: