| FRISIAN, in [51=] Français: frison, in [52=] Nederlands: fries, friesch, in [52=] Deutsch: friesisch ➤ historically, the Frisian languages were closer to Old English than to the forerunners of Dutch and German (Old Saxon and Old High German) ; but the subsequent influence of Dutch and Low German on Frisian, and the nordicisation and romanisation of English, make it now more appropriate to classify Frisian with Deutsch + Nederlands rather than with English + Anglo-Creole (see also note under 52=Germanic) 𝒮 from 5th cent.: Runic script; Latin script |