Locale Fy Nl
Use when working with the Frisian (Netherlands) locale (`fy-NL`) — its endonym Frysk (Nederlân), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Frisian (Netherlands) locale — endonym Frysk (Nederlân), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
fy-NL - ISO 639-1:
fy - ISO 639-3:
fry - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: NL (Netherlands)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 450,000
- L2 (additional): 100,000
- L1+L2 (total): 550,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Fy 001 (Frisian), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
i = 1 and v = 0(e.g. 1) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Fy 001 to Frisian in the Netherlands.
- Co-official status: Frisian and Dutch are both official in Fryslân. Public bodies in the province issue bilingual material; place names have official Frisian forms (for example Ljouwert for Leeuwarden).
- Formats: euro, day-month-year, 24-hour clock, decimal comma.
- Terminology: use Frisian terms from the Fryske Akademy and the provincial government over Dutch loanwords.
Common pitfalls
- Using Dutch place names where an official Frisian name exists.
- Translating through Dutch.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Fy 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Fryske Akademy (https://www.fryske-akademy.nl)