Terschelling Frisian Explained

Terschellings
Nativename:Skylgersk
States:Netherlands
Ethnicity:Frisians
Speakers:1,200
Date:no date
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Germanic
Fam3:West Germanic
Fam4:North Sea Germanic
Fam5:Anglo-Frisian
Fam6:Frisian
Fam7:West Frisian
Fam8:Westlauwers–Terschellings
Iso3:none
Glotto:ters1236
Glottorefname:Terschelling Frisian
Map2:Lang Status 20-CR.svg

Terschelling Frisian, or Skylgersk, is a West Frisian language spoken on the island of Terschelling (Skylge) in the Netherlands. In the central stretch of the island a dialect of Dutch (Midslands) is spoken, but on the western and eastern ends of the island are spoken two Frisian dialects, known simply as Westersk ('Western') and Aastersk ('Eastern'), by about 800 and 400 people, respectively.