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Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch), also known as Mooring, is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The dialect forms part of the mainland group of North Frisian dialects. [2] The Mooring subdialects are spoken in the Risum Bog (Risem Moor or ...
Many of these countries, while retaining strong British English or American English influences, have developed their own unique dialects, which include Indian English and Philippine English. Chief among other native English dialects are Canadian English and Australian English, which rank third and fourth in the number of native speakers. [4]
Anglic, [7] [8] Insular Germanic, or English languages [9] [10] and dialects encompass Old English and all the linguistic varieties descended from it. These include Middle English , Early Modern English , and Late Modern English ; Early Scots , Middle Scots , and Modern Scots ; and the extinct Fingallian and Yola languages in Ireland .
The language comprises 10 dialects which are themselves divided into an insular and a mainland group. North Frisian is closely related to the Saterland Frisian language of Northwest Germany and West Frisian which is spoken in the Netherlands. All of these are also closely related to the English language forming the Anglo-Frisian group.
An anchor mooring fixes a vessel's position relative to a point on the bottom of a waterway without connecting the vessel to shore. As a verb, mooring refers to the act of attaching a vessel to a mooring. [1] The term likely stems from the Dutch verb meren (to moor), used in English since the end of the 15th century.
Language portal; This category contains both accents and dialects specific to groups of speakers of the English language. General pronunciation issues that are not specific to a single dialect are categorized under the English phonology category.
A stream anchor, which is usually heavier than a kedge anchor, can be used for kedging or warping in addition to temporary mooring and restraining stern movement in tidal conditions or in waters where vessel movement needs to be restricted, such as rivers and channels. [43] Charts are vital to good anchoring. [44]
This makes quite clear that the Mooring dialects are part of Bökingharde Frisian. On page 285 is map, but I'm a little bit irritated about it because it could be interpreted in that way, that both Oster- and Westermooring are main dialects by themselves.