West Frisian Dutch

The West Frisian dialect (Dutch: West-Fries) is a Dutch dialect spoken in the contemporary West Friesland region, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel.

The smaller regions and villages, such as Zijpe, Andijk, Enkhuizen and Schagen, have some distinct differences between them.

Slightly more different from the rest of the group is Derpers, the dialect of the village Egmond aan Zee.

The light dialect is much more widely spoken but is also slowly beginning to become lighter and sound more like Dutch.

The West Frisian dialect and Dutch have some common characteristics, including gender system, but most of the Frisian nouns have different gender features in contrast to those of the Dutch words.