Schleswig-Holstein, Ostfriesland, the area around the towns of Emden and Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, and Saterland, Jeverland, and Butjadingen. Indo-European , Germanic, West, North Sea, Frisian. Indo-European , Germanic, West, North Sea, Frisian. Not intelligible with Eastern Frisian of Germany or Western Frisian of the Netherlands. Speakers are multilingual in Standard and Low German and often in English, but fluency is limited.
Education is in Standard German only.
Business and church services in German. Few read Frisian. There is ethnic pride, efforts to revive Frisian literature and bilingual education. The Salreng dialect is nearly extinct. Ferring is actively used.