Frisco Bay

African: a Kru and Grebo dialect of the W. Frisian ( Friesisch ). Teutonic : the ancient dialect of Fries land, on the German Ocean, now partly submerged, or annexed by Holland and Pru ia; it belongs to the Low-German branch, and is closely allied to Anglo-Saxon . It still survives as one of the local dialects of the Netherlands. ⁂ It is divided into three branches, viz.: 1, Batavian-Frisic , the most resembling Anglo-Saxon; 2, Westphalian-Frisic ; 3, N. Frisic , the dialects of Heligoland, Schleswig, . See Richthofen: “Alt-F. Wörterbuch,” Göttingen, 1840: Rask: “Fries is che Sprachlehre,” Freiburg, 1834. ☞