West Frisian languages should not be confused with West Frisian language.
| West Frisian | |
| Region: | Friesland and Groningen, Netherlands |
| Ethnicity: | West Frisians |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Germanic |
| Fam3: | West Germanic |
| Fam4: | North Sea Germanic |
| Fam5: | Anglo-Frisian |
| Fam6: | Frisian |
| Child1: | Hindeloopen Frisian |
| Child2: | Schiermonnikoog Frisian |
| Child3: | Westlauwers–Terschellings (Terschelling Frisian and Western Frisian) |
| Iso1: | fy |
| Iso2: | fry |
| Iso3: | fry |
| Glotto: | mode1264 |
| Glottorefname: | Modern West Frisian |
| Map: | Taalsituatie_Noord-Nederland.png |
| Mapcaption: | Present-day distribution West Frisian languages (blue), in the Netherlands |
| Notes: | fry is ISO 639-2 and not ISO 639-5 |
The West Frisian languages are a group of closely related, though not mutually intelligible, Frisian languages of the Netherlands. Due to the marginalization of all but mainland West Frisian, they are often portrayed as dialects of a single language. (See that article for the history of the languages.)
Not all West Frisian varieties spoken in Dutch Friesland are mutually intelligible. The varieties on the islands are rather divergent, and Glottolog distinguishes four languages:[1]