Fering

Fering is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of Föhr in the German region of North Frisia. "Fering" refers to the "Fering" Frisian name of Föhr, "Feer". Together with the Öömrang, Söl'ring, and Heligolandic dialects, it forms part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects and it is very similar to Öömrang. Around 3000 of Föhr's 8700 people speak "Fering", constituting a third of all North Frisian speakers.

Orthography

ee also

*Leew Eilun Feer
*Stine Andresen
*Ferring Pharmaceuticals

External links

[http://www.hum.au.dk/engelsk/engosb/fering.html Ocke-Schwen Bohn's home page] Speech samples and a phonetic description of Fering