Upgant Frisian Explained

Upgant Frisian is an extinct Ems dialect of East Frisian.[1] It was the dialect spoken around the area of Upgant-Schott. The only text perserved in the dialect is a wedding poem by Imel Agena.[2]

Sample text

Below is a comparison of the first five sections of the wedding poem.

References

  1. Book: Seeger, William Warner . The East Frisian Dialect in the Low German Works of Moritz Jahn . 1970 . University of Wisconsin--Madison . en.
  2. Book: Markey, Thomas L. . Frisian . 1981 . Walter de Gruyter . 978-90-279-3128-3 . en.