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name: locale-fy-nl
description: 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.
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# Locale: Frisian (Netherlands) (fy-NL)

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)