Hindeloopen Frisian

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[[file:Graet_Hylper_Wordebook.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Graet Hylper Wordebook|Cover of the 2019 Hindelooper Dictionary]]

[[file:Graet_Hylper_Wordebook.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Graet Hylper Wordebook|Cover of the 2019 Hindelooper Dictionary]]

'''Hindeloopen Frisian''' (natively {{lang|fy-NL|Hielepes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frisistyk |url=https://neerlandistiek.nl/2024/06/op-syn-hylpersk/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Neerlandistiek |language=fy-NL}}</ref> {{IPA|fy|ˈhiləpəs|}} or {{lang|fy-NL|Hylpers}} {{IPA|fy|ˈhilpr̩s|}}, {{langx|fy|Hylpersk}} {{IPA|fy|ˈhilpr̩s|}}, also referred to as ''Hindeloopers'' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɪndəˌloːpərs|lang}}) in [[English language|English]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) is a [[West Frisian languages|West Frisian]] variety spoken in the [[port town]] of [[Hindeloopen]] and the village of [[Molkwerum]] on the west coast of [[Friesland]]. It has preserved much of the [[Old Frisian]] phonology and lexicon, and has been attested to since the 17th Century. Hindelooper is spoken by some 500 people in Hindeloopen, almost all of them elderly, with the number of speakers decreasing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-29 |title=Eerste exemplaren Graet Hylper Wordebook vrijdag officieel overhandigd |url=https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/875570/eerste-exemplaren-graet-hylper-wordebook-vrijdag-officieel-overhandigd |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.omropfryslan.nl |language=nl}}</ref>

'''Hindeloopen Frisian''' (natively {{lang|fy-NL|Hielepes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Op syn hylpersk |url=https://neerlandistiek.nl/2024/06/op-syn-hylpersk/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Frisistyk |language=fy-NL}}</ref> {{IPA|fy|ˈhiləpəs|}} or {{lang|fy-NL|Hylpers}} {{IPA|fy|ˈhilpr̩s|}}, {{langx|fy|Hylpersk}} {{IPA|fy|ˈhilpr̩s|}}, also referred to as ''Hindeloopers'' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɪndəˌloːpərs|lang}}) in [[English language|English]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) is a [[West Frisian languages|West Frisian]] variety spoken in the [[port town]] of [[Hindeloopen]] and the village of [[Molkwerum]] on the west coast of [[Friesland]]. It has preserved much of the [[Old Frisian]] phonology and lexicon, and has been attested to since the 17th Century. Hindelooper is spoken by some 500 people in Hindeloopen, almost all of them elderly, with the number of speakers decreasing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-29 |title=Eerste exemplaren Graet Hylper Wordebook vrijdag officieel overhandigd |url=https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/875570/eerste-exemplaren-graet-hylper-wordebook-vrijdag-officieel-overhandigd |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.omropfryslan.nl |language=nl}}</ref>

== Recognition ==

== Recognition ==