Bökingharde North Frisian

Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch), also known as Mooring or Moring, 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]

NativetoGermany

RegionBökingharde, Nordfriesland

Language family

Indo-European

• Germanic
  • West Germanic
    • Ingvaeonic
      • Anglo-Frisian
        • Frisian
          • North Frisian
            • Mainland
              • Bökingharde Frisian

Dialects

• East Mooring
• West Mooring

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Bökingharde Frisian
Böökinghiirder frasch
Bilingual town sign (German-Mooring) in Niebüll
Native to	Germany
Region	Bökingharde, Nordfriesland
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Frisian North Frisian Mainland Bökingharde Frisian
Dialects	East Mooring West Mooring
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	moor1245
Linguasphere	52-ACA-eab[1]
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.