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    "definition": "A group of West Germanic languages closely related to English, spoken along the North Sea coast, comprising West Frisian with about 450000 speakers in the Dutch province of Friesland, North Frisian in Schleswig-Holstein with a few thousand speakers in many dialects, and Saterland Frisian, the last remnant of East Frisian, with about 2000 speakers; Frisian attestation includes early medieval runic inscriptions predating the substantial Old Frisian manuscript tradition from the thirteenth century, while Middle Frisian names a later period specifically in the history of West Frisian, not a shared ancestral stage of all three branches. Frisian languages are recognised minority languages and are distinct from the Friso-Franconian dialects associated with Dutch and Low Franconian varieties in former Frisian areas.",
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      "Friso-Franconian dialects such as Stadsfries are associated with Dutch and Low Franconian varieties, rather than Low German."
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        "Support Frisian speakers in using their language where they choose."
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    "How should linguistic references be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming branches and historical stages; should they be split off?"
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