The related Low German has developed differently since Old Saxon times and has lost many Ingvaeonic characteristics.

Another source that highlights the differences between all of the main dialects of North Frisian (even extinct ones) are translations of the Lord's Prayer.

In contrast to the northern hundreds, Eiderstedt was economically strong and wealthy and was oriented towards the southern, Low German parts of Schleswig-Holstein.

The population of the eastern, remaining part of Strand, the modern Nordstrand, did not succeed in rebuilding the dikes on their own.

Therefore, many Frisian speaking people left their homeland on Strand or were otherwise not able to maintain their native language against mostly Dutch-speaking immigrants.

On Pellworm, the western remainder of Strand, the repair of the dikes was quickly accomplished and so the Frisian language was still spoken in the 18th century, until it also vanished due to changes in population structure.

[8] Due to the large number of dialects there is no original native name for the North Frisian language as such.

For example, the word "fish" translates to Mooring fasch and Fering-Öömrang fask but Söl'ring fesk (cf.

That can be demonstrated from the verb "to know": Mooring waase, Fering-Öömrang wed, Sölring weet, Halunder wet (cf.

The North Frisian dialects differ from modern Standard German by a more diverse system of diphthongs and consonants.

Until recently, an additional number of dental consonants contrasted phonemically with their alveolar counterparts in the dialect of Föhr.

In UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, North Frisian is classified as "severely endangered".

The elementary and grammar school on Amrum is called Öömrang Skuul and, among other subjects, focuses on teaching the local dialect.

On 24 December 2004 a state law became effective in Schleswig-Holstein that recognises the North Frisian language for official use in the Nordfriesland district and on Heligoland.